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Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.

Oliver Goldsmith
Funny, Witty, Lying
Oliver Goldsmith (1898). “She Stoops to Conquer; Or, The Mistakes of a Night: A Comedy ...”

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

Oliver Goldsmith
Wise, Regret, Lying

The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.

Oliver Goldsmith
Lying, Archer, Heart

Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.

Oliver Goldsmith
Lying, Men, Describe Me
'Retaliation' (1774) l. 93

Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land.

Oliver Goldsmith
Lying, Ocean, Son
Oliver Goldsmith (1854). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith”, p.15

Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie.

Oliver Goldsmith
Lying, Trotting, Asks

Fear guides more to their duty than gratitude; for one man who is virtuous from the love of virtue, from the obligation he thinks he lies under to the Giver of all, there are ten thousand who are good only from their apprehension of punishment.

Oliver Goldsmith
Gratitude, Lying, Men
Oliver Goldsmith (1849). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and Writings : Stereotyped from the Paris Edition : Complete in One Volume”, p.258

Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where graybeard mirth and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round.

Oliver Goldsmith
Lying, Eye, Nuts
Oliver Goldsmith (1834). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With a Biographical Memoir of the Author, Written Expressly for this Edition”, p.100

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