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The jests of the rich are ever successful.

Oliver Goldsmith

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 GOLDSMITH

Calm Future Greatness Lying Past Present Source Wisdom
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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Country Curiosity Himself Home Leaving Man Philosophy
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
Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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Commerce Existence Respect Sink
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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Desire Greatness Knowledge Natural Possible Reading Writing
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
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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Brain Genius Goodness Grammar Myself
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
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Crowd Fruit Happiness Time
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
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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Choice Marriage Quality Wife
Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
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Feeling Girl Play Time
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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Champion Defend Weird
I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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Friendship Love Myself Old
Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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Compatible Friendship Passion Pity
The jests of the rich are ever successful.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Rich Successful

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