Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHA 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.
More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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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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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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The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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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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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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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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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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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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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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Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.
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Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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Tenderness is a virtue.
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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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