Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded...

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded...

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...

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

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

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...

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

The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small.

The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small.

Is there any problem that a bottle of wine and peanut butter can't solve?

Is there any problem that a bottle of wine and peanut butter can't solve?