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Where wealth and freedom reign...

Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

And what is friendship but a n...

And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep?

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

To what fortuitous occurrence ...

To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

We sometimes had those little ...

We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors.

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Ceremonies are different in ev...

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

The life of a scholar seldom a...

The life of a scholar seldom abounds with adventure.

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Ridicule has always been the e...

Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.

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There is nothing so absurd or ...

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would undertake to persuade the whole public of readers to believe that the sun was neither the cause of light or heat, if he could only get six philosophers on his side.

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As boys should be educated wit...

As boys should be educated with temperance, so the first greatest lesson that should be taught them is to admire frugality. It is by the exercise of this virtue alone they can ever expect to be useful members of society.

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Logicians have but ill defined...

Logicians have but ill defined As rational the human mind; Reason, they say, belongs to man, But let them prove it if they can.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Hope, like the gleaming taper...

Hope, like the gleaming taper

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That virtue which requires to ...

That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.

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The ingratitude of the world c...

The ingratitude of the world can never deprive us of the conscious happiness of having acted with humanity ourselves.

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If we do not find happiness in...

If we do not find happiness in the present moment, in what shall we find it?

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True genius walks along a line...

True genius walks along a line, and, perhaps, our greatest pleasure is in seeing it so often near falling, without being ever actually down.

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The jests of the rich are ever...

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

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The mind is ever ingenious in ...

The mind is ever ingenious in making its own distress.

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I have known a German Prince w...

I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.

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For just experience tells, in ...

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil.

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A man he was to all the countr...

A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.

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