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We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack.
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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Dottor Golssmith
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Author of the Vicar of Wakefield
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