The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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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.

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...

Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of...

Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of...

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

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...

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...

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 malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

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...

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man...

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man...

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light.