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Quote by Oliver Goldsmith
Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense,

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning. – Oliver Goldsmith

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