Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHCeremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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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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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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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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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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Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
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Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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Tenderness is a virtue.
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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
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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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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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