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 GOLDSMITH
Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.
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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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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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The jests of the rich are ever successful.
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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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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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Tenderness is a virtue.
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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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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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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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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