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It has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves.

It has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves.

Oliver Goldsmith
Taken, Giving, Advice
Oliver Goldsmith (1856). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Poems, Comedies, Essays, and Vicar of Wakefield”, p.202

Silence gives consent.

Oliver Goldsmith
Inspirational, War, Giving
Oliver Goldsmith (1792). “The Good Natured Man: A Comedy”, p.28

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.

Oliver Goldsmith
Giving, Brain, Intelligence
'She Stoops to Conquer' (1773) act 1, sc. 1, song

They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.

Oliver Goldsmith
Ambition, Giving, Please
Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Rose, Thomas Percy, Thomas Campbell (1821). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B..”, p.38

Religion does what philosophy could never do; it shows the equal dealings of Heaven to the happy and the unhappy, and levels all human enjoyments to nearly the same standard. It gives to both rich and poor the same happiness hereafter, and equal hopes to aspire after it.

Oliver Goldsmith
Philosophy, Giving, Heaven
Oliver Goldsmith (1871). “The works of Oliver Goldsmith: Vicar of Wakefield, select poems and comedies, with intr., notes and a life by J.F. Waller”, p.159

If you don't ask me questions, I can't give you an untrue answer.

Oliver Goldsmith
Giving, Answers, Ask Me

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