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...
It is bitter to lose a friend to evil, before one loses him to death.