There are some faults so nearly allied to...... Quote by "Oliver Goldsmith"

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
— Oliver Goldsmith

Tenderness is a virtue.
— Oliver Goldsmith

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

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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
— Oliver Goldsmith

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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
— Oliver Goldsmith

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Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.
— Oliver Goldsmith

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