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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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...

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry

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.

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly...

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly...

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.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Silence is become his mother tongue.

Silence is become his mother tongue.

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.

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...

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...

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.

He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.

He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.

Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.

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...

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.

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...