Quote #34

Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.

More from Oliver Goldsmith

  1. I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too.
  2. She was all of a muck of sweat.
  3. That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.
  4. They would talk of nothing but high life, and high-lived company, with other fashionable topics, such as pictures, taste, Shakespeare, and …
  5. Handsome is that handsome does.
  6. Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
  7. We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors.
  8. The naked every day he clad When he put on his clothes.

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