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We are all sure of two things, at least we shall suffer and we shall all die.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
Dramaturge
Essayist
Literary Critic
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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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By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd The sports of children satisfy the child.
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Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by.
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Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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O friendship! thou fond soother of the human breast, to thee we fly in every calamity to thee the wretched seek for succor on thee the care-tired son of misery fondly relies from thy kind assistance the unfortunate always hopes relief, and may be sure of--disappointment.
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Girls like to be played with and rumpled a little too sometimes.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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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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Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, Adorns and cheers our way And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.
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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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Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!
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He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.
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In proportion as society refines, new books must ever become more necessary.
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Paltry affectation, strained allusions, and disgusting finery are easily attained by those who choose to wear them they are but too frequently the badges of ignorance or of stupidity, whenever it would endeavor to please.
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As boys should be educated with temperance, so the first greatest lesson that should be taught them is to admire frugality. It is by the exercise of this virtue alone they can ever expect to be useful members of society.
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Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.
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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side.
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