Oliver Goldsmith Quotes on Life
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To the last moment of his breath On hope the wretch relies; And e'en the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise.
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Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame, Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame. Their level life is but a mouldering fire, Unquenched by want, unfanned by strong desire.
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The naked every day he clad When he put on his clothes.
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The whitewashed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.