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A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
Dramaturge
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Elphin
County Roscommon
Oliver Goldsmit
Doctor Goldsmith
Oliverio Goldsmith
Oliverus Goldsmith
Olver Goldsmith
Olivier Goldsmith
Dottor Golssmith
Tom Telescope
Solomon Winlove
James Willington
Author of the Vicar of Wakefield
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Quality and title have such allurements that hundreds are ready to give up all their own importance, to cringe, to flatter, to look little, and to pall every pleasure in constraint, merely to be among the great, though without the least hopes of improving their understanding or sharing their generosity. They might be happier among their equals.
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In proportion as society refines, new books must ever become more necessary.
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The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.
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Silence gives consent.
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Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree.
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Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame Till his relish grown callous, almost to displease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.
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As boys should be educated with temperance, so the first greatest lesson that should be taught them is to admire frugality. It is by the exercise of this virtue alone they can ever expect to be useful members of society.
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If you don't ask me questions, I can't give you an untrue answer.
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How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labour with an age of ease!
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He makes a very handsome corpse and becomes his coffin prodigiously.
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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
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We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack.
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Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.
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Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!
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A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.
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The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
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Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.
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Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain.
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There is unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student.
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