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The work of eradicating crimes is not by making punishment familiar, but formidable.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
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Tom Telescope
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Author of the Vicar of Wakefield
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The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died.
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A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
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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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Our bounty, like a drop of water, disappears, when diffus'd too widely
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The youth who follows his appetites too soon seizes the cup, before it has received its best ingredients, and by anticipating his pleasures, robs the remaining parts of life of their share, so that his eagerness only produces manhood of imbecility and an age of pain.
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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