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Oliver Goldsmith

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An Irish writer and physician known for his pastoral poem The Deserted Village.. Anglo-Irish writer and poet


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Quote Left I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts. Quote Right
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Quote Left In all the silent manliness of grief. Quote Right
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Quote Left Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, where wealth accumulates, and men decay. 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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Quote Left If frugality were established in the state, and if our expenses were laid out to meet needs rather than superfluities of life, there might be fewer wants, and even fewer pleasures, but infinitely more happiness. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things