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Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
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Though very poor, may still be very blest.
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A boy will learn more true wisdom in a public school in a year than by a private education in five. It is not from masters, but from their equals, that youth learn a knowledge of the world.
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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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A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another.
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The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door The chest, contriv'd a double debt to pay,- A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.
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Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of industry.
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While Resignation gently slopes away, And all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.
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