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Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: To be poor, and to seem poor, is a certain method never to rise.
         

To be poor, and to seem poor, is a certain method never to rise.


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Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.



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