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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Oliver Goldsmith

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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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Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.
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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 love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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