Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
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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Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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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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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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Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
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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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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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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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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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The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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