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

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but...

They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of...

Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of...

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...

Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.

Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.

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.

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.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

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.

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

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

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...

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

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...

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...

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...

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long...

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long...

The world's a book, writ by the eternal art - Of the great author printed...

The world's a book, writ by the eternal art - Of the great author printed...