Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHIf you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.
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Tenderness is a virtue.
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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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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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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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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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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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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.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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The jests of the rich are ever successful.
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