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Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after.
         

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after.


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Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man.



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To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber.



One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index.

One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index.



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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.



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I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.



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.

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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Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.



Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.



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





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A ruler wishing to win shold not trust a cpterued enemy even if he may be extending had to be friend. Because deep rooted enemity, however, concealed, will ruerely come to light.



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It is in the nature of tyranny to deride the will of the people as the voice of the mob, and to denounce the cry for freedom as the roar of anarchy.



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Those who realize that life is for growing and developing from each and every challenge, each day of our lives, live a life of joy!!!




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