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Want of prudence is too frequently the want of virtue.
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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Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.
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Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the mind.
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Taste is the power of relishing or rejecting whatever is offered for the entertainment of the imagination.
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Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by.
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The volumes of antiquity, like medals, may very well serve to amuse the curious, but the works of the moderns, like the current coin of a kingdom, are much better for immediate use.
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In all the silent manliness of grief.
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All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes.
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