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Man is placed in this world as a spectator; when he is tired with wondering at all the novelties about him, and not till then, does he desire to be made acquainted with the causes that create those wonders.
Man is placed in this world as a spectator; when he is tired with wondering at all the novelties about him, and not till then, does he desire to be made acquainted with the causes that create those wonders.
Approximate author period: c. 1751 AD · early modern
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- Oliver Goldsmith
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- Approximate author period: c. 1751 AD · early modern
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Goldsmith. · page_263
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