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Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones.

Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith's Popular Quotes

The wisdom of the ignorant somewhat resembles the instinct of animals; it is diffused in but a very narrow sphere, but within the circle it acts with…

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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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And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy.

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He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day.

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

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Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.

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

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When a person has no need to borrow they find multitudes willing to lend.

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

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