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Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
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Elphin
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Olver Goldsmith
Olivier Goldsmith
Dottor Golssmith
Tom Telescope
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Author of the Vicar of Wakefield
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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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For the first time, the best may err, art may persuade, and novelty spread out its charms. The first fault is the child of simplicity but every other the offspring of guilt.
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The first blow is half the battle.
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As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure but there's no love lost between us.
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Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.
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The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery.
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Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end.
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Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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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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