Tenderness is a virtue.

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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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...

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

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

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

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised...

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised...

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...

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling...

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling...

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...

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up...

I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up...

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

Silence is become his mother tongue.

Silence is become his mother tongue.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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.

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the...

A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be...

A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be...

I consider women who are authors, lawyers and politicians are monsters

I consider women who are authors, lawyers and politicians are monsters