Oliver Goldsmith

Ireland
10 Nov 1728 // 4 Apr 1774
Writer, Poet

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The very pink of perfection.

She Stoops to Conquer
Handsome is that handsome does.

Vicar of Wakefield
And learn the luxury of doing good.

The Traveller

In all the silent manliness of grief.

The Deserted Village

Little things are great to little men.

Old Proverbs, Wise Sayings
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree!

The Deserted Village

The land of scholars and the nurse of arms.

The Traveller

But winter lingering chills the lap of May.

The Traveller

These little things are great to little man.

The Traveller
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