Oliver Goldsmith Quotes About Lying
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Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.
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Fear guides more to their duty than gratitude; for one man who is virtuous from the love of virtue, from the obligation he thinks he lies under to the Giver of all, there are ten thousand who are good only from their apprehension of punishment.
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Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.
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Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie.
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A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
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Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land.
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Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where graybeard mirth and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round.
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The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.
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