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We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown. – 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

Category:
Consumerism
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Oliver Goldsmith
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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

Category:
Smell (scent)
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Oliver Goldsmith
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Retirement
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Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples. – George Burns

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Retirement

Have you ever been out for a late autumn walk in the closing part of the afternoon and suddenly looked up to realize that the leaves have practically all gone? And the sun has set and the day gone before you knew it – Hal Borland

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Retirement

There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job. – Peter Drucker

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Retirement

When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch. – R.C. Sherriff

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Retirement

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Plaster thick, some will stick. – Proverb

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Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus. – Mother Teresa

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