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

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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

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

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.

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.

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

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.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old...

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old...

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.

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...

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry

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...

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.

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...

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

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

To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the...

To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the...

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...

I don't expect you'll hear me writing any poems to the greater glory of Ronald...