Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHOn the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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Tenderness is a virtue.
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I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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The jests of the rich are ever successful.
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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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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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Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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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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Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.
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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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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.
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