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Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie.
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
Writer
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
Lying
Trotting
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Books are necessary to correct the vices of the polite but those vices are ever changing, and the antidote should be changed accordingly should still be new.
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Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
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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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The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died.
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To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber.
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Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.
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A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.
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We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack.
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Death when unmasked shows us a friendly face and is a terror only at a distance.
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Alas! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay, And those who prize the trifling things, More trifling still than they.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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If the soul be happily disposed, every thing becomes capable of affording entertainment, and distress will almost want a name.
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If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich.
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To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise.
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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Our bounty, like a drop of water, disappears, when diffus'd too widely
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Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise.
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Those who think must govern those that toil.
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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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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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