Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, And new… - Oliver Goldsmith

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Where village statesmen talked with looks profound,
And news much older than their ale went round.

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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For just experience tells; in every soil,
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The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.

Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. - Oliver Goldsmith

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