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The English laws punish vice the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
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Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And every care resign: And we shall never, never part, My life-my all that's mine!
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