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

Oliver Goldsmith

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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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Alive Enough Humility Proud
If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
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Pride Talk Value
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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Copy Improvement Modeling People
Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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Country Culture Different Polite Treatment
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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Commerce Equality Friendship Slave
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
Tenderness is a virtue.
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One Liner Tender Virtue
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
Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Character Chest Modesty Noble Reside Virtue
Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.
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Employment Man Pleasant Poet
Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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Compatible Friendship Passion Pity
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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Champion Defend Weird
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
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Fall Inspirational One Liner Success Time
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
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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Affect Natural Stage
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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Better Life Lips Preach Yourself

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