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Oliver Goldsmith

(1728–1774) Novelist Kingdom of Ireland

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Oliver Goldsmith was a novelist from the Kingdom of Ireland, best known for Goldsmith's The vicar of Wakefield.

Quick Facts About Oliver Goldsmith

Born: November 10, 1728
Died: April 4, 1774
Nationality: Kingdom of Ireland
Profession: Novelist
Notable works: Goldsmith's The vicar of Wakefield
Known for: The Vicar of Wakefield, She Stoops to Conquer

About Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith was an Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, and hack writer. He produced literary works in a variety of genres and is considered 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 Shakespeare. Credited with introducing sentimentalism in English literature in 18th-century Great Britain, several of Goldsmith's publications are popular classics of the period, including his only novel, The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), and the comedy play She Stoops to Conquer (1773).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith · Page 10

Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth: If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.

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Doubt

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Ridicule has even been the most powerful enemy of enthusiasm, and properly the only antagonist that can be opposed to it with…

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Antagonist

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Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it…

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Character

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Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray.

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Cheer

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Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day's disasters in his morning face.

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Disaster

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“Where commerce and capitalism are invloved, often times, morality and honor sink to the bottom-Oliver Goldsmith paraphrased”

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Business

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In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading.

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Arguing

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“He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day; But he who is battle slain Can never rise to…

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Another day

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In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs-and God has given my share- I still had hopes…

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Care

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They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but to me a modest woman, dressed out…

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Beauty

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As boys should be educated with temperance, so the first greatest lesson that should be taught them is to admire frugality. It…

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Admire

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As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,- Though round its breast…

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Awful

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Every acknowledgment of gratitude is a circumstance of humiliation; and some are found to submit to frequent mortifications of this kind, proclaiming…

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Acknowledgment

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Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility! Or why not my fortune adapted to its impulses! Tenderness without…

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Adapted

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The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When…

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Book

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