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Polygraph Inspirational Quotes (206)

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I have visited many countries, and have been in cities without number, yet never did I enter a town which could not produce ten or twelve little great men all fancying themselves known to the rest of the world, and complimenting each other upon their extensive reputation.
Oliver Goldsmith
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They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.
Oliver Goldsmith
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The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing.
Oliver Goldsmith
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One man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and the other with a wooden ladle.
Oliver Goldsmith
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The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.
Oliver Goldsmith
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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
Oliver Goldsmith
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The volumes of antiquity, like medals, may very well serve to amuse the curious, but the works of the moderns, like the current coin of a kingdom, are much better for immediate use.
Oliver Goldsmith
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The volume of Nature is the book of knowledge.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won.
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To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise.
Oliver Goldsmith
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The life of a scholar seldom abounds with adventure.
Oliver Goldsmith
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
Oliver Goldsmith
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He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself.
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If you don't ask me questions, I can't give you an untrue answer.
Oliver Goldsmith
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The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.
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The very pink of perfection.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Politics resemble religion attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.
Oliver Goldsmith
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The wretch condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies And every pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise.
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All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them.
Oliver Goldsmith
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