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A long, hot bath is a real treat. But from a 'green' point of view, that's probably what it should be: an occasional treat.


Sheherazade Goldsmith

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OLIVER GOLDSMITH To what happy accident is it that we owe so unexpected a visit?
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Thus 'tis with all; their chief and constant care Is to seem everything but what they are.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day's disasters in his morning face.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing. [Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]
OLIVER GOLDSMITH I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines; and, I beli...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Thus idly busy rolls their world away.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland; ...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Alike all ages: dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And ...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Hope, like the gleaming taper's light,
Adorns and cheers our way;
And still, as darker grows...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without er...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Leonardo DiCaprio is a rare phenomenon. Whereas for so many celebrities an interest in the environme...
ZAC GOLDSMITH I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art ra...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH It's always harder to prove what somebody said when it's one person against another.
BARRY GOLDSMITH