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

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

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 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...

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...

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...

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

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...

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...

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

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.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.