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

Other quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away? – Oliver Goldsmith

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

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You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others. – Stanley C. Gault

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Precept guides, but example draws. – Proverb

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Practice what you preach. – Proverb

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