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Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.

Oliver Goldsmith

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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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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!
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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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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
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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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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Deep Hope Perspective
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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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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Commerce Existence Respect Sink
I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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Friendship Love Myself Old
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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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

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