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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
Dramaturge
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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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Thus love is the most easy and agreeable, and gratitude the most humiliating, affection of the mind. We never reflect on the man we love without exulting in our choice, while he who has bound us to him by benefits alone rises to our ideas as a person to whom we have in some measure forfeited our freedom.
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As for disappointing them I should not so much mind but I can't abide to disappoint myself.
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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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It is not easy to recover an art when once lost.
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The wretch condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies And every pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise.
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Religion does what philosophy could never do it shows the equal dealings of Heaven to the happy and the unhappy, and levels all human enjoyments to nearly the same standard. It gives to both rich and poor the same happiness hereafter, and equal hopes to aspire after it.
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The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
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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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In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading.
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In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.
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A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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One should not quarrel with a dog without a reason sufficient to vindicate one through all the courts of morality.
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All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes.
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As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,- Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
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If you don't ask me questions, I can't give you an untrue answer.
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