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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.

Oliver Goldsmith

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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.
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Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
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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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The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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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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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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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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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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