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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Oliver Goldsmith

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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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Honesty Man Marriage Myself Opinion Population
Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.
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Employment Man Pleasant Poet
Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Character Chest Modesty Noble Reside Virtue
Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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Compatible Friendship Passion Pity
Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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Country Culture Different Polite Treatment
Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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Deep Hope Perspective
The jests of the rich are ever successful.
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Rich Successful
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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Art Finding Herself Love Melancholy Woman
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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Choice Marriage Quality Wife
They say women and music should never be dated.
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Date Music Woman
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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Best Enemy Field Home Ourselves Way
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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Appreciation Feeling Husband Marriage Praise
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
The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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Audience Best Laughter Way
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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Copy Improvement Modeling People
Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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Criticism World Writing Yourself

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