Quote by Oliver Goldsmith
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that w

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well. – Oliver Goldsmith

Other quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Retirement
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Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss! – Oliver Goldsmith

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Beauty
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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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One tradition I have with my friends is that when one of us gets married, we have a ton of fragrance oils and pretty bottles at the bachelorette party. Everyone puts a drop or two in a bottle for the bride and makes a wish, and the bride wears our creation on her wedding day. – Jennifer Aniston

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wedding

Where does it stop? You get offered money for your wedding, then for your kids, new houses, holidays… We earn enough from football and sponsorships, why do you need any more? – Ryan Giggs

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wedding

When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on. – Henry Fielding

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wedding

A young bride is like a plucked flower but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over. – Honore de Balzac

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wedding

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Everything which is properly business we must keep carefully separate from life. Business requires earnestness and method; life must have a freed handling. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Stubbornness does have its helpful features. You always know what youre going to be thinking tomorrow. – Glen Beaman

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The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may. – Jack Kemp

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