The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants … - Oliver Goldsmith

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The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.

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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Vain, very vain, my weary search to find
That bliss which only centers in the mind.

They please, are pleased, they give to get esteem,
Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.

It seemed to be pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them.

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. - Oliver Goldsmith

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