Zitate, Sprüche & Aphorismen auf Englisch
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Oliver Goldsmith
The doctor found, when she was dead, - Her last disorder mortal.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The first blow is half the battle.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man that comes to relieve it.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The jests of the rich are ever successful.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The united voice of millions cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The very pink of perfection.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The village all declared how much he knew; 'Twas certain he could write and cypher too.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The watchdog's voice that bayed the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed at night, a chest of drawers by day.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The wise sometimes condescend to accept of titles; but none but a fool would imagine them of any real importance. We ought to depend upon intrinsic merit, and not on the slender helps of a title.
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Oliver Goldsmith
The work of eradicating crimes is not by making punishment familiar, but formidable.
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Oliver Goldsmith
There is an unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student.