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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

Other quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

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

Category:
Love
Author
Oliver Goldsmith
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Other Quotes from
Ridicule
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No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live. – Mark Twain

Category:
Ridicule

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him. – Thomas Szasz

Category:
Ridicule

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

Category:
Ridicule

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

Category:
Ridicule

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