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New Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith
- Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.
- And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd…
- Books are necessary to correct the vices of the polite; but those vices are ever changing, and the antidote should be changed accordingly should still…
- In proportion as society refines, new books must ever become more necessary.
- The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a…
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- Research is creating new knowledge. — Neil Armstrong
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- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
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