The premises being thus settled, I proceed to observe that the concatenation of self-existence, proceeding in a reciprocal duplicate ratio, naturally produces a problematical dialogism, which in some measure proves that the essence of spirituality may be referred to the second predicable.
Oliver GoldsmithIt has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves.
Oliver GoldsmithThou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.
Oliver GoldsmithQuality and title have such allurements that hundreds are ready to give up all their own importance, to cringe, to flatter, to look little, and to pall every pleasure in constraint, merely to be among the great, though without the least hopes of improving their understanding or sharing their generosity. They might be happier among their equals.
Oliver Goldsmith