Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise...

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise...

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear...

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear...

She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice,...

She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice,...

Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness...

Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness...

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always...

The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always...

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised...

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised...

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.

Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.

Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after

If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.

If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he...

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he...

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to...

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to...

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear...

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear...

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly...

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly...

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.