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It seemed to me pretty plain, ...

It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Good counsel rejected returns ...

Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom.

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Vain, very vain is my search t...

Vain, very vain is my search to find; that happiness which only centers in the mind.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

If frugality were established ...

If frugality were established in the state, and if our expenses were laid out to meet needs rather than superfluities of life, there might be fewer wants, and even fewer pleasures, but infinitely more happiness.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

[T]here are depths of thousand...

[T]here are depths of thousands of miles which are hidden from our inquiry. The only tidings we have from those unfathomable regions are by means of volcanoes, those burning mountains that seem to discharge their materials from the lowest abysses of the earth.

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The very pink of perfection....

The very pink of perfection.

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Philosophy can add to our happ...

Philosophy can add to our happiness in no other manner but by diminishing our misery; it should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of. Happy were we all born philosophers; all born with a talent of thus dissipating our own cares by spreading them upon all mankind.

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Want of prudence is too freque...

Want of prudence is too frequently the want of virtue.

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The wisdom of the ignorant som...

The wisdom of the ignorant somewhat resembles the instinct of animals; it is diffused in but a very narrow sphere, but within the circle it acts with vigor, uniformity, and success.

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Those who think must govern th...

Those who think must govern those that toil.

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Men may be very learned, and y...

Men may be very learned, and yet very miserable; it is easy to be a deep geometrician, or a sublime astronomer, but very difficult to be a good man. I esteem, therefore, the traveller who instructs the heart, but despise him who only indulges the imagination. 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 only a vagabond.

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Though very poor, may still be...

Though very poor, may still be very blest.

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In proportion as society refin...

In proportion as society refines, new books must ever become more necessary.

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Books are necessary to correct...

Books are necessary to correct the vices of the polite; but those vices are ever changing, and the antidote should be changed accordingly should still be new.

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To husband out life's taper at...

To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flames from wasting by repose.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

One writer, for instance, exce...

One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index.

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How wide the limits stand Betw...

How wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.

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It is not easy to recover an a...

It is not easy to recover an art when once lost.

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Who, born for the universe, na...

Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote. Who too deep for his hearers still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit.

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In arguing too, the parson own...

In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....