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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
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As in some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show But, for eating a rasher of what they take pride in, They'd as soon think of eating the pan it is fried in.
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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.
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A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
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In all the silent manliness of grief.
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Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.
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Every want that stimulates the breast becomes a source of pleasure when redressed.
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The first blow is half the battle.
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Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.
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