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To a philosopher no circumstance, however trifling, is too minute.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Age: 43 †
Born: 1730
Born: November 10
Died: 1774
Died: April 4
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And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way.
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As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,- Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
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The work of eradicating crimes is not by making punishment familiar, but formidable.
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Wit generally succeeds more from being happily addressed than from its native poignancy. A jest, calculated to spread at a gaming-table, may be received with, perfect indifference should it happen to drop in a mackerel-boat.
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And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew.
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Absence, like death, sets a seal on the image of those we love: we cannot realize the intervening changes which time may have effected.
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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.
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When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?
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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 arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.
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You, that are going to be married, think things can never be done too fast: but we that are old, and know what we are about, must elope methodically, madam.
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All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.
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Taste is the power of relishing or rejecting whatever is offered for the entertainment of the imagination.
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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.
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The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door The chest, contriv'd a double debt to pay,- A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.
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In proportion as society refines, new books must ever become more necessary.
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It has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves.
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