| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 25498 |
| QUOTATION: | Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humoured and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774), Anglo-Irish playwright, author. Croaker, in The Good Natur’d Man, act 1. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Goldsmith Collection. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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