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Oliver Goldsmith (November 10, 1730(?) April 4, 1774) was an Irish writer and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) (written in memory of his brother), and his plays The Good-natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1773). · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version

"People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable."

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"For he that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day, but he, who is in battle slain, can never rise and fight again."

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"The doctor found, when she was dead, her last disorder mortal."

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"A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation."

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"Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, that found me poor at first, and keep me so."

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"But in his duty prompt at every call, he watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all."

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"People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselves to copy after."

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"To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service."

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"There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue."

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"Some faults are so closely allied to qualities that it is difficult to weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue."

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