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Our bounty, like a drop of water, disappears, when diffus'd too widely
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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The wisdom of the ignorant somewhat resembles the instinct of animals it is diffused in but a very narrow sphere, but within the circle it acts with vigor, uniformity, and success.
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The work of eradicating crimes is not by making punishment familiar, but formidable.
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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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Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie.
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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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When any one of our relations was found to be a person of a very bad character, a troublesome guest, or one we desired to get rid of, upon his leaving my house I ever took care to lend him a riding-coat, or a pair of boots, or sometimes a horse of small value, and I always had the satisfaction of finding he never came back to return them.
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Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the mind.
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One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index.
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A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another.
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Error is always talkative.
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Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray.
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Ridicule has even been the most powerful enemy of enthusiasm, and properly the only antagonist that can be opposed to it with success.
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A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.
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Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend, And round his dwelling guardian saints attend.
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Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won.
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It world be well had we more misers than we have among us.
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A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.
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