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Oliver Goldsmith

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Comprehensive information about poet Oliver Goldsmith including poetry, biographical information, quotes, literary works, and more. An Irish writer and physician known for his pastoral poem The Deserted Village.. Anglo-Irish writer and poet This educational Oliver Goldsmith resource has information about the author's life, works, quotations, articles and essays, and more.


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Quote Left The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. Quote Right
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Quote Left The life of man is a journey; a journey that must be traveled, however bad the roads or the accommodation. Quote Right
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Quote Left The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book over I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one. Quote Right
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Quote Left In all the silent manliness of grief. Quote Right
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Quote Left He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, for he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back. Quote Right
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