“Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!”
— Oliver Goldsmith
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“A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.”
— Oliver Goldsmith
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“Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.”
— Oliver Goldsmith
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“A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.”
— Oliver Goldsmith
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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.”
— Oliver Goldsmith
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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?”
— Oliver Goldsmith
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“A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.”
— Oliver Goldsmith
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“Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.”
— Oliver Goldsmith
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“Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!”
— Oliver Goldsmith
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“I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.”
— Oliver Goldsmith
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“Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.”
— Oliver Goldsmith
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