Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

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

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

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...

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if...

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if...

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.

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

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

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and...

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and...

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and...

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and...

They say women and music should never be dated.

They say women and music should never be dated.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

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...

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

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

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive...

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive...

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...

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.