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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Oliver Goldsmith

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Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.
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Brain Genius Goodness Grammar Myself
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
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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Excellence Mistake Scarce Vice Virtue
Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.
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Man Patience Wait
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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Affect Natural Stage
The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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Audience Best Laughter Way
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
Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Character Chest Modesty Noble Reside Virtue
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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Country Curiosity Himself Home Leaving Man Philosophy
Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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Compatible Friendship Passion Pity
With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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Alive Enough Humility Proud
Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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Hard Time Inspirational Journey Life Motivational Travel
The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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Company End Fools Melancholy Smile
They say women and music should never be dated.
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Date Music Woman
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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Better Life Lips Preach Yourself
The jests of the rich are ever successful.
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Rich Successful

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