Quote #78

Travellers, George, must pay in all places: the only difference is, that in good inns, you pay dearly for your luxuries, and in bad inns you are fleeced and starved.

More from Oliver Goldsmith

  1. They liked the book the better the more it made them cry.
  2. Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.
  3. We are the boys That fear no noise Where the thundering cannons roar.
  4. Oh sir! I must not tell my age. They say women and music should never be dated.
  5. The first blow is half the battle.
  6. Baw! Damme, but I'll fight you both, one after the other! With baskets.
  7. A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
  8. We modest Gentlemen don't want for much success among the women.

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