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.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHI 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.
More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.
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I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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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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The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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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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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
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Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
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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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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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