No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wis…

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No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had ✨ On Oliver Goldsmith, in James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 29 (1780).
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No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had ✨ On Oliver Goldsmith, in James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 29 (1780).

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