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If necessary, I would go out on the streets and beg rather than send them [his children] to the school next to where I live.


Oliver Letwin

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OLIVER GOLDSMITH Our situation here, without any exaggeration, is beyond description almost; it is such as eye has no...
PETER OLIVER Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH The life of man is a journey; a journey that must be traveled, however bad the roads or the accommod...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till ...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH To live on a day-to-day basis is insufficient for human beings; we need to transcend, transport, esc...
OLIVER SACKS