Oliver Goldsmith Quote Explained: Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.

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To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.

Playwright and novelist

· Ireland

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Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.

- Oliver Goldsmith

Playwright and novelist

· Ireland

Poetic

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It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them.

- Oliver Goldsmith

Playwright and novelist

· Ireland

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The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the trimmings of the vain.

- Oliver Goldsmith

Playwright and novelist

· Ireland

Poverty

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That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.

- Oliver Goldsmith

Playwright and novelist

· Ireland

Virtue

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There is unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student.

- Oliver Goldsmith

Playwright and novelist

· Ireland

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A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.

- Oliver Goldsmith

Playwright and novelist

· Ireland

Country

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The bounds of a man’s knowledge are easily concealed, if he has but prudence.

- Oliver Goldsmith

Playwright and novelist

· Ireland

Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.

Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.

To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.

Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.

It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them.

The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the trimmings of the vain.

That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.

There is unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student.

A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.

The bounds of a man’s knowledge are easily concealed, if he has but prudence.

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Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.

Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.

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