If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

They say women and music should never be dated.

They say women and music should never be dated.

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

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

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...

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and...

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and...

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...

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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