The very pink of perfection.
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Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he Full well the busy whisper circling round Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd. Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault The village all declar'd how much he knew, 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too.Oliver Goldsmith
As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure. But there's no love lost between us.
Oliver Goldsmith
The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.
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You, that are going to be married, think things can never be done too fast but we that are old, and know what we are about, must elope methodically, madam.
Oliver Goldsmith
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
Oliver Goldsmith
I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing.
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