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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.

Oliver Goldsmith
Poverty, Poor, Method
Oliver Goldsmith (1841). “Essays”, p.30

The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the trimmings of the vain.

Oliver Goldsmith
World, May, Poverty
Oliver Goldsmith (1823). “The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale”, p.271

Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.

Oliver Goldsmith
Woe, Poverty, Firsts
'The Deserted Village' (1770) l. 413 (on poetry)

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