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I always get the better when I argue alone.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
Dramaturge
Essayist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Physician
Physician Writer
Playwright
Poet
Polygraph
Theatrical Producer
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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
Inspired Idiot
Better
Always
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So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
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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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Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
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To be poor, and to seem poor, is a certain method never to rise.
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True wisdom consists of tracing effects to their causes.
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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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