rgurus
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He said to the writer 'Sir, there is just one difference between you and Oliver Goldsmith'.
The writer was taken by pleasant surprise that he was comparable to the great English writer and egged on by curiosity he wanted to know what that one difference was. So he said ' thank you for comparing me with Oliver Goldsmith. His English was classic, but my English may not be so. Is that what you mean?'
'No,sir' quipped his critic ' while Goldsmith wrote like an angel and talked like a fool, you write like a fool and also talk like a fool. That it is the only difference'.
( it is believed that Goldsmith was a great writer but a bad speaker)
The writer was taken by pleasant surprise that he was comparable to the great English writer and egged on by curiosity he wanted to know what that one difference was. So he said ' thank you for comparing me with Oliver Goldsmith. His English was classic, but my English may not be so. Is that what you mean?'
'No,sir' quipped his critic ' while Goldsmith wrote like an angel and talked like a fool, you write like a fool and also talk like a fool. That it is the only difference'.
( it is believed that Goldsmith was a great writer but a bad speaker)