Bees Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

“The genteel thing is the genteel thing any time, if as be that a gentleman bees in a concatenation accordingly.”

Oliver Goldsmith

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The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing.

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How happy he who crowns in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease.

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One man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and the other with a wooden ladle.

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He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.

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Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.

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The premises being thus settled, I proceed to observe that the concatenation of self-existence, proceeding in a reciprocal duplicate ratio, naturally produces a problematical…

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Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.

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Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.

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To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.

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Every acknowledgment of gratitude is a circumstance of humiliation; and some are found to submit to frequent mortifications of this kind, proclaiming what obligations…

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[T]here are depths of thousands of miles which are hidden from our inquiry. The only tidings we have from those unfathomable regions are by…

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Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.

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Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.

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Arouse a bee and it will come at you with the force of a dragon.

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As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.

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“This time of year, the purple blooms were busy with life- not just the bees, but butterflies and ladybugs, skippers and emerald-toned beetles, flitting…

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