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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They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but...

They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but...

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...

How happy he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an...

How happy he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an...

Silence is become his mother tongue.

Silence is become his mother tongue.

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.

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

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

He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.

He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and...

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and...

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

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...

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.

Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.

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

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

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the...

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the...

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...

Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see, Oil, vinegar, sugar and saltiness agree

Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see, Oil, vinegar, sugar and saltiness agree

To the goggling unbeliever Texans say - as people always say about their mangier dishes...

To the goggling unbeliever Texans say - as people always say about their mangier dishes...

He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies...

He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies...