“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.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“Crime generally punishes itself.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“Every absurdity has a champion to defend it; for error is always talkative.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, where wealth accumulates, and men decay.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“Those that think must govern those that toil.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“Tenderness is a virtue.”
Oliver Goldsmith
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
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“Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day’s disasters in his morning face.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side.”
Oliver Goldsmith
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“When a person has no need to borrow they find multitudes willing to lend.”
Oliver Goldsmith
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
