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

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling...

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling...

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...

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...

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

They say women and music should never be dated.

They say women and music should never be dated.

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.

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

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.

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm...

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm...

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.

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...

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

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

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

I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up...

I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up...

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...

With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest...

With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest...

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...

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.