Author: Oliver Goldsmith

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

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

- Oliver Goldsmith

I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.

I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.

- Oliver Goldsmith

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.

- Oliver Goldsmith

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.

- Oliver Goldsmith

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?

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?

- Oliver Goldsmith

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

- Oliver Goldsmith

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.

- Oliver Goldsmith

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.

- Oliver Goldsmith

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

- Oliver Goldsmith

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