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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) British poet, playwright, novelist
(Attributed)

As for disappointing them I should not so much mind; but I can’t abide to disappoint myself.

Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) British poet, playwright, novelist
(Attributed)

The first blow is half the battle.

Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) British poet, playwright, novelist
She Stoops to Conquer, Act II (1773)

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) British poet, playwright, novelist
The Good-Natur’d Man, ch. 1 (1768)

The ingratitude of the world can never deprive us of the conscious happiness of having acted with humanity ourselves.

Oliver Goldsmith (1730-1774) British poet, playwright, novelist
The Good-Natur’d Man, ch. 3 (1768)