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Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.

Oliver Goldsmith

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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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Honesty Man Marriage Myself Opinion Population
Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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Compatible Friendship Passion Pity
Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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Country Culture Different Polite Treatment
Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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Commerce Existence Respect Sink
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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Affect Natural Stage
Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
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Feeling Girl Play Time
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
All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.
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Appreciation Feeling Husband Marriage Praise
Tenderness is a virtue.
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One Liner Tender 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
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?
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Art Finding Herself Love Melancholy Woman
They say women and music should never be dated.
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Date Music Woman
Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
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Man Money One Liner Wealth
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
Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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Deep Hope Perspective

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