There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

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...

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...

Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.

Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.

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...

Silence is become his mother tongue.

Silence is become his mother tongue.

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...

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...

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

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...

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...

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...