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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 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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Quote Left The mind is ever ingenious in making its own distress. Quote Right
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Quote Left Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end. Quote Right
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Quote Left Crime generally punishes itself. Quote Right
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Quote Left It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them. Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things