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Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt.
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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Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.
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And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy.
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As in some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show But, for eating a rasher of what they take pride in, They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in.
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Those who think must govern those that toil.
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Paltry affectation, strained allusions, and disgusting finery are easily attained by those who choose to wear them they are but too frequently the badges of ignorance or of stupidity, whenever it would endeavor to please.
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Alas! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay, And those who prize the trifling things, More trifling still than they.
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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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A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.
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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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It is not easy to recover an art when once lost.
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And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
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