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Quote by Oliver Goldsmith
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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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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Consumerism
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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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Men are those creatures with two legs and eight hands. – Jayne Mansfield

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

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If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt. – Thomas Carlyle

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

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Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful. – Friedrich Schiller

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Ive got tonnes of aboriginal and Native American art, but Id like even more. – Tori Amos

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Pour some water into a tub and stir it up. Now try as hard as you can to calm the water with your hands; you will succeed in agitating it further. Let it stand undisturbed a while, and it will calm down by itself. The human brain works much the same way. – Koichi Tohei, Ki in Daily Life

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I never admire anothers fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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