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 GOLDSMITHCeremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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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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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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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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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
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Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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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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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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The jests of the rich are ever successful.
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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
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