Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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

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

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...

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,...

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

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 after

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after

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 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...

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

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...

Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness...

Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness...

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...

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...

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.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists...

I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists...

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...