Oliver Goldsmith

"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."

"Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!"

"Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other."

"Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves."

"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."

"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."