Quote by Oliver Goldsmith
A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond. – Oliver Goldsmith

Other quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Friendship
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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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The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in – theres a reason a small town is called a small town: Its because not many people want to live there. – Billie Joe Armstrong

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Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! – Charles Dickens

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Dont kid yourself. President Obamas decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the United States position of strength in the war zone as much as it is by grim economic and political realities at home. – Ron Fournier

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I actually do think youre seeing this trend towards organizations just caring more about their brand and engaging. And so I think Home Depot will want to humanize itself. I think thats a lot of why companies are starting blogs, are just giving more insight into whats going on with them. – Mark Zuckerberg

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Random Quotes

Most people are bothered by those passages of Scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand. – Mark Twain

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Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them rest in obscurity and peace! Let my memory be left in oblivion, my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can do justice to my character. – Robert Emmet

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Im going to buy some green bananas because by the time I get home theyll be ripe. – Ryan Stiles

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I would look at a dog and when our eyes met, I realized that the dog and all creatures are my family. Theyre like you and me. – Ziggy Marley

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