When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?
OLIVER GOLDSMITHThe 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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They say women and music should never be dated.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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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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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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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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The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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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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Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.
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