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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

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)
Author
Oliver Goldsmith
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Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success. – Oliver Goldsmith

Category:
Ridicule
Author
Oliver Goldsmith
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The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing. – W. R. [William Ralph] Inge

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