With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHGirls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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The jests of the rich are ever successful.
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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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The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.
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The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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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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Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
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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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The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
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