Quote#Speech
They would talk of nothing but high life, and high-lived company,…
Quote byOliver Goldsmith · 1728–1774
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 9..
English (original)
They would talk of nothing but high life, and high-lived company, with other fashionable topics, such as pictures, taste, Shakespeare, and the musical glasses.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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