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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.

Oliver Goldsmith

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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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Compatible Friendship Passion Pity
When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?
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Art Finding Herself Love Melancholy Woman
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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Country Culture Different Polite Treatment
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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Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
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Man Money One Liner Wealth
The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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Audience Best Laughter Way
Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.
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Employment Man Pleasant Poet
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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Conscience Coward Justice Mistake Seldom Strength
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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Desire Greatness Knowledge Natural Possible Reading Writing
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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Excellence Mistake Scarce Vice Virtue
Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.
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Man Patience Wait
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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Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.
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Brain Genius Goodness Grammar Myself

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