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And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.

And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.

Oliver Goldsmith
Soul, Weakness, Pleasure
Oliver Goldsmith, Tobias Smollett, Samuel Johnson, William Shenstone (1861). “Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Tobias Smollett, Samuel Johnson and William Shenstone”, p.9

There is unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student.

Oliver Goldsmith
Students, Pleasure, Attending
Oliver Goldsmith, Henry George Bohn (1848). “Works: With a Life and Notes”, p.239

Every want that stimulates the breast becomes a source of pleasure when redressed.

Oliver Goldsmith
Want, Pleasure, Source
Oliver Goldsmith (1857). “The Vicar of Wakefield: Together with the Poems ...”, p.158

Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure.

Oliver Goldsmith
Love, Pleasure, Charm

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

Oliver Goldsmith
Pleasure, Convenience, Fortuitous
Oliver Goldsmith (1858). “The Vicar of Wakefield ... Nach Walter Scott's verbessertem Texte durchgängig accentuirt. Nebst ... Noten und einem vollständigen Wörterbuche ... Bearbeitet von Christian Heinrich Plessner ... Fünfte Auflage”, p.201

Is it that Nature, attentive to the preservation of mankind, increases our wishes to live, while she lessens our enjoyments, and as she robs the senses of every pleasure, equips imag-ination in the spoil?

Oliver Goldsmith
Wish, Age, Pleasure
Oliver Goldsmith (1816). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings : Enriched with an Elegant Portrait of the Author”, p.258

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