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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.

Oliver Goldsmith

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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.
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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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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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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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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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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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