Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.
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Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.Oliver Goldsmith
When any one of our relations was found to be a person of a very bad character, a troublesome guest, or one we desired to get rid of, upon his leaving my house I ever took care to lend him a riding-coat, or a pair of boots, or sometimes a horse of small value, and I always had the satisfaction of finding he never came back to return them.
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And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy.
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Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.
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Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
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The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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