A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought t…

Oliver Goldsmith
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A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. ✨ Oliver Goldsmith (1856). The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Poems, Comedies, Essays, and Vicar of Wakefield, p.28
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A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. ✨ Oliver Goldsmith (1856). The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Poems, Comedies, Essays, and Vicar of Wakefield, p.28

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