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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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Knowledge
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I love everything thats old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Love
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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)
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Precept guides, but example draws. – Proverb

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Practice what you preach. – Proverb

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Nothing preaches better than the act. – Benjamin Franklin

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

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