With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHSurely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.
More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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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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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
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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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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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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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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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The jests of the rich are ever successful.
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