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People seldom improve when they have no model but themselves to copy after - Oliver Goldsmith

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Anglo-Irish writer, poet, playwright 1730-74

Born:10th November, 1730
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Starsign: Scorpio

Author Keywords: Playwright, Poet, Writer, Anglo-irish

Other Authors

Menander, Joe Orton, Euripides, Eugene O'Neill, T S Elliot

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