Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, and hack writer. A prolific writer of various literature, he is regarded among the most versatile authors of the Georgian era. His magnum opus, the 1766 novel The Vicar of Wakefield, was one of the...
—Gerald Brenan in Face of Spain
Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?