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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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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

How happy he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an...

How happy he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an...

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

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

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

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

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the...

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the...

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

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

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.

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...

This man, although he may not actually have committed the crime attributed to him, is...

This man, although he may not actually have committed the crime attributed to him, is...

Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.

Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.