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Quote by Oliver Goldsmith
People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselve

People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselves to copy after. – Oliver Goldsmith

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As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Oliver Goldsmith
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I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts. – Oliver Goldsmith

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An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching. – Proverb

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Practice what you preach. – Proverb

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We are too quick to imitate depraved examples. – Juvenal

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He teaches me to be good that does me good. – Thomas Fuller

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