Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
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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Tenderness is a virtue.
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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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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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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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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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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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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 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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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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Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
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Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
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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 hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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