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

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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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...

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...

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.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

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

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

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

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

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.

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

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.

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...

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

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...

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...

She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice,...

She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice,...

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

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

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...

The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities

The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities

Before I begin speaking, there is something I would like to say.

Before I begin speaking, there is something I would like to say.