The best Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

The best Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was a well-known Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, who is noted for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). He is thought by some to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765).

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

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It is strange with how little notice, good, bad, or indifferent, a man may live and die in London.
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If you're curious, London's an amazing place.
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I've often thought a blind man could find his way through London simply by gauging the changes in innuendo: mild through Trafalgar Square, less veiled towards the river.
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I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot or robbed there than in London.
I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.
London. The beating heart of England.
England is my home. London is my home. New York feels like, if I have to spend a year living in an unfamiliar city, this is a pretty lovely one to spend a year in, but I will be going home at the end of it, certainly.
Fashion needs fresh blood, and London is the most creative place for that.
Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
I love to come to L.A. to visit, and then I like to come to rainy old London because it's home.
In London I feel free; nobody bothers anyone and everyone is free to express themselves.
There's nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere.
The best creative no longer has to originate in Chicago or London; it will be coming from Stockholm, Tokyo, and Seoul as well.
Talk is cheap, but when you go out there and prove it - you're the first one to show up for practice, and you're the last to leave - that's how you lead by example.
When you speak and represent the person of Jesus Christ in all actions of your life, people are drawn to that. You set the standard with your actions. The words can come after.
Being a role model does not mean being perfect.
Girl from Nowhere - Season 1 Episode 1
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One of the many things I love about Daenerys from Game of Thrones is she's given me an opportunity to fly the flag for young girls and women, to be more than just somebody's wife and somebody's girlfriend.
It's about the kind of example we want to set for our children and grandchildren. Next time you see Trump on TV, think about all the children listening across America. You know, kids hear a lot more than we think.
Hillary Clinton - August 2016
All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.
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Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young.
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A woman can be gorgeous at 19, charmimg at 29, but only at 39 she is irresistible for the rest of her life. And no woman that has been irresistible, ever turns older than 39.
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Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.
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'I don't think...'
'Then you shouldn't talk', said the Hatter.
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The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.
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The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
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May your sword be sharp and your tongue sharper.
The Elder Scrolls - 5 - Skyrim
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Your lips say that you love
Your eyes say that you hate
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A girl can't read this kind of thing without her lipstick.
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For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
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Something about the curve of his lips was more intimate than any touch.
If you're sad, add more lipstick and attack!
Sometimes you must hurt in order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain. Because life's greatest lessons are learned through pain.
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The world will break your heart ten ways to Sunday. That's guaranteed.
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Death is Peaceful, Life is Harder.
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Well you can't never let anything happen to him. Then nothing would ever happen to him!
Dory in Finding Nemo
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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.
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One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
Joe Biden - März 2024

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