A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes… - Oliver Goldsmith | Quotewise

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A kind and gentle heart he had,
To comfort friends and foes;
The naked every day he clad
When he put on his clothes.

Oliver Goldsmith

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About Oliver Goldsmith

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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Walter Scott John Dryden William Cowper Robert Southey Alexander Pope

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