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Oliver Goldsmith on Learning

1728–1774 Ireland

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And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew,
That one small head should carry all it knew.

The Deserted Village (1770)

While words of learned length and thundering sound
Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around.

The Deserted Village (1770)

Yet, he was kind, or, if severe in aught,
The love he bore to learning was in fault;
The village all declar'd how much he knew,
'Twas certain he could write and cipher too.

The Deserted Village (1770)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Oliver Goldsmith (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.