Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

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...

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

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.

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he...

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he...

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those who think must govern those who...

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those who think must govern those who...

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

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

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and...

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and...

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

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.

Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.

Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.

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

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.

They say women and music should never be dated.

They say women and music should never be dated.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if...

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if...

I spend money with reckless abandon. Last month I blew $5000 at a reincarnation. I...

I spend money with reckless abandon. Last month I blew $5000 at a reincarnation. I...

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the...

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the...

Goodbye Mr. Zanuck: it certainly has been a pleasure working at 16th Century Fox.

Goodbye Mr. Zanuck: it certainly has been a pleasure working at 16th Century Fox.