With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHLaw grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.
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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.
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As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
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Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!
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Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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