Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and non… - Oliver Goldsmith

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Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain,
With grammar, and nonsense, and learning;
Good liquor, I stoutly maintain,
Gives genus a better discerning.

Oliver Goldsmith

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Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and physician.

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Alternative Names: Oliver Goldsmit • Doctor Goldsmith • Oliverio Goldsmith • Oliverus Goldsmith • Olver Goldsmith • Olivier Goldsmith • Dottor Golssmith • Tom Telescope • Solomon Winlove • James Willington • Inspired Idiot

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Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth:
If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.

Man wants but little here below,
Nor wants that little long.

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

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