Quote#Truth
To men of other minds my fancy flies
Quote byOliver Goldsmith · 1728–1774
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Traveller (1764), Line 281..
English (original)
To men of other minds my fancy flies, Embosomed in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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