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A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
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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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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And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
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