All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHWrite how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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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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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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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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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
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The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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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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Tenderness is a virtue.
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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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The jests of the rich are ever successful.
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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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