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Quote by Oliver Goldsmith
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We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Dont you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet? – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work. – G. K. Chesterton

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When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking. – Gail Sheehy

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