Quote #33

I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too.

More from Oliver Goldsmith

  1. That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.
  2. Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
  3. Handsome is that handsome does.
  4. She was all of a muck of sweat.
  5. We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors.
  6. They would talk of nothing but high life, and high-lived company, with other fashionable topics, such as pictures, taste, Shakespeare, and …
  7. I...chose a wife, as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well.
  8. Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.

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