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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
Dr Goldsmith
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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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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise.
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One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index.
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Every want that stimulates the breast becomes a source of pleasure when redressed.
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A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes The naked every day he clad When he put on his clothes.
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