Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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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

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry

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...

Silence is become his mother tongue.

Silence is become his mother tongue.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

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.

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...

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

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

Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.

Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out...

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

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...

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise...

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise...

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.