Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHAll that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.
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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Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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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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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
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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 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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I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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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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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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