Quote by Oliver Goldsmith
Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the i

Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes. – Oliver Goldsmith

Other quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. – Oliver Goldsmith

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alone
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Aromatic plants bestow
no spicy fragrance while they grow;
but crushd or trodden to the ground,
diffuse their balmy sweets around. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Smell (scent)
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Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom. – Thomas Carlyle

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He who buys what he does not need steals from himself. – Author Unknown

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Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. – Edward Abbey

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The best things in life arent things. – Art Buchwald

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