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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.

Oliver Goldsmith

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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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Commerce Existence Respect Sink
I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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Friendship Love Myself Old
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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Choice Marriage Quality Wife
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
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Crowd Fruit Happiness Time
Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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Discrimination Grind Law Money Politics Poor Rich
Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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Country Culture Different Polite Treatment
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
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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Better Life Lips Preach Yourself
Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
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Art Harm Joke Yourself
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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Honesty Man Marriage Myself Opinion Population
If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
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Pride Talk Value
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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Champion Defend Weird
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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Affect Natural Stage
The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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Company End Fools Melancholy Smile
Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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Deep Hope Perspective
The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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Audience Best Laughter Way

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