Oliver Goldsmith ( 10 of 116 )
Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd.
Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd.
Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose,
Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes.
Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose,
Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes.
As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united
voice of myriads cannot lend the read more
As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united
voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to
falsehood.
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree.
Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder read more
Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength to
prevent, it seldom has justice enough to read more
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength to
prevent, it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind,
And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:
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The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind,
And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:
There all in sweet confusion sought the shade,
And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all.
He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all.
The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
