The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man that comes to relieve it.
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Oliver Goldsmith Quote
“O Memory, thou fond deceiver, Still importunate and vain, To former joys recurring ever, And turning all the past to pain.”
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