I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.
Quotes from She Stoops to Conquer — Oliver Goldsmith
1728–1774 Ireland
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They say women and music should never be dated.
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon.
On the contrary, modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
We modest Gentlemen don't want for much success among the women.
Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.
A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
We are the boys
That fear no noise
Where the thundering cannons roar.
They liked the book the better the more it made them cry.
Baw! Damme, but I'll fight you both, one after the other!
With baskets.
The first blow is half the battle.
Oh sir! I must not tell my age.
They say women and music should never be dated.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Oliver Goldsmith (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.