Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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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...

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

Silence is become his mother tongue.

Silence is become his mother tongue.

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...

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.

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.

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he...

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he...

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

They say women and music should never be dated.

They say women and music should never be dated.

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

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 jests of the rich are ever successful.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

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...

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...

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.

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.

It's such a Bore Being always Poor.