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.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHGirls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.
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Tenderness is a virtue.
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Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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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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Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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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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If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
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Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!
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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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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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