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"Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that hu..." — Oliver Goldsmith

Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith Poet • Irish
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