Appetite Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

“Like the tiger, that seldom desists from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh, the reader who has once gratified his appetite with calumny makes ever after the most agreeable feast upon murdered reputations!”

Oliver Goldsmith

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