Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHBe not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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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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The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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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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Tenderness is a virtue.
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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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Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
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Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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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.
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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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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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