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Quote by Oliver Goldsmith
Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature

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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Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. – Oliver Goldsmith

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strength
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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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Retirement
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I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts. – Oliver Goldsmith

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Beauty
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We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A womans beauty is one of her great missions. – Richard Le Gallienne

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Beauty is grace and confidence. Ive learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me. – Lindsay Lohan

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Ive always thought of beauty therapy, alternative treatments and the like as the female equivalent of brothels – for essentially self-deceiving people who feel a bit hollow and have to pay to be touched. – Julie Burchill

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Only that day dawns to which we are awake. – Henry David Thoreau

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I have those songs as well. It depends on what Im going through in my life but Im a huge fan of Bjork. Sometimes I get so emotional because shes so amazing. – Ashlee Simpson

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Im sick of giving creeps money off my soul. – Bob Dylan

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I dont expect to win every battle but I think Fred Pierce has enough respect for me that I can go fight my battles and win my share. – Roone Arledge

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