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A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes. – Oliver Goldsmith

Category:
Consumerism
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Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, that found me poor at first, and keep me so. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Drugs
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Oliver Goldsmith
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Aromatic plants bestow
no spicy fragrance while they grow;
but crushd or trodden to the ground,
diffuse their balmy sweets around. – Oliver Goldsmith

Category:
Smell (scent)
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Oliver Goldsmith
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