187 ordspråk av Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith
Crime generally punishes itself.
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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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Even children followed with endearing wile,/ And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile.
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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it
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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative
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Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, / More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise. / His house was known to all the vagrant train, / He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain.
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Fear guides more than gratitude.
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For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again
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For him light labor spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more: His best companions, innocence and health; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth
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For just experience tells, in every soil, That those who think must govern those who toil
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Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry
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Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves
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Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
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Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom.
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Good people all, of every sort, / Give ear unto my song; / And if you do find it wondrous short, / It cannot hold you long.
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