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

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

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When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm...

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm...

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.

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 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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry

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...

They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but...

They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but...

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

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.

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...

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...

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

A friend is someone who sees through you and still enjoys the view.

A friend is someone who sees through you and still enjoys the view.