Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHTenderness is a virtue.
More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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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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I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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Tenderness is a virtue.
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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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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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The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
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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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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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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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