Quote by Oliver Goldsmith
The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if th

The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim. – Oliver Goldsmith

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

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Consumerism
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Reform, Correction
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Every reform, however necessary, will by weak minds be carried to an excess, which will itself need reforming. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar. – Proverb

Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve! – Thomas Babington Macaulay

People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, — that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it. – John Jay Chapman

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If we wish our states growth to continue, then our future will increasingly be with industries that require a highly skilled and technically proficient workforce. – Jay Weatherill

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True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body the two are ever united. – Wilhelm von Humboldt

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Of the primary emotions, fear is the one that bears most directly on survival. Children show fear. Adults try not to, maybe because its shameful, or, in some circumstances, dangerous. The fear response is automatic, though, and your body runs through its reflexes whether you want it to or not. – Sebastian Junger

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I believe in the institution of marriage. Of course being a Mormon, we believe in eternity rather than just till death do us part. If you really try hard, if you make it work, its blissful. But I also know a marriage that isnt working can be painful. – Donny Osmond

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Death