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The soul may be compared to a field of battle, where the armies are ready every moment to encounter. Not a single vice but has a more powerful opponent, and not one virtue but may be overborne by a combination of vices.

The soul may be compared to a field of battle, where the armies are ready every moment to encounter. Not a single vice but has a more powerful opponent, and not one virtue but may be overborne by a combination of vices.

Oliver Goldsmith
Powerful, Army, Soul
Oliver Goldsmith (1825). “Miscellaneous works”, p.189

If the soul be happily disposed, every thing becomes capable of affording entertainment, and distress will almost want a name.

Oliver Goldsmith
Names, Soul, Entertainment
Oliver Goldsmith (1839). “Poems and essays”, p.104

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

For praise too dearly lov'd, or warmly sought, Enfeebles all internal strength of thought; And the weak soul within itself unblest, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.

Oliver Goldsmith
Soul, Flattery, Praise
Oliver Goldsmith (1824). “Essays, poems and plays”, p.141

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