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Quote by Oliver Goldsmith
Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only wor

Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success. – 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

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Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and fully as often smothers that which is noble. – Sir Walter Scott

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Oh that wisdom was half as zealous for converts as ridicule. – Franz Grillparzer

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I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly. – George Farquhar

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We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their defects. – William Hazlitt

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