Quote#Wisdom
Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view
Quote byOliver Goldsmith · 1728–1774
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Traveller (1764), Line 26..
English (original)
Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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