For praise too dearly lov'd, or warmly sought, Enfeebles all internal strength of thought; And the weak soul … - Oliver Goldsmith

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Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Oliver Goldsmith

For praise too dearly lov'd, or warmly sought, Enfeebles all internal strength of thought; And the weak soul within itself unblest, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.

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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

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I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.

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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

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Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

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Silence is become his mother tongue.

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Looking deeply into the wrong perceptions, ideas, and notions that are at the base of our suffering is the most important practice in Buddhist meditation.

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Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

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The day Elvis passed away would be our national holiday, if the South would have won, we'd had it made.

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I've never felt the constraints of social acceptability.

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The Republicans have a habit of having three bad years and one good one, and the good one always happens to be election years.

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