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They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such baga

They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but to me a modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation. – 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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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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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond. – Oliver Goldsmith

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You are the music while the music lasts. – T.S. Eliot

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Dancing is the perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. – Author Unknown

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Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience – unless they are still up. – Ellen Goodman

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Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. – Berthold Auerbach

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