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"One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index."
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Oliver Goldsmith was an Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, and hack writer. He produced literary works in a variety of genres and is regarded as one of the most versatile writers of the Georgian era. His works are known for their realistic depictions of British society, and his comedy plays for the English stage are considered second in importance only to those of playwright William Shakespea
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"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
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"By sports like these are all their cares beguild; The sports of children satisfy the child."
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"Man seems the only growth that dwindles here."
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"Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheldt, or wandering Po."
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"[To Mr. Johnson] If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales."
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"Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; Its like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt."
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"Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes."
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"Good people all, with one acord, Lament for Madame Blaize, Who never wanted a good word — From those who spoke her praise."
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"For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again."
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"A nightcap decked his brows instead of bay, A cap by night — a stocking all the day!"
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"The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them."
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