Oliver Goldsmith Quotes on Politics
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Measures, not men, have always been my mark.
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Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round.
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Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind... Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining. And thought of convincing while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit.
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Who peppered the highest was surest to please.