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All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
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Elphin
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Oliverus Goldsmith
Olver Goldsmith
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Dottor Golssmith
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James Willington
Author of the Vicar of Wakefield
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An emperor in his nightcap will not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a crown.
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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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Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the mind.
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A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.
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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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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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