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Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
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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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
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A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
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By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd The sports of children satisfy the child.
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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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