The citric acid in lemon juice makes it perfect for bleaching, disinfecting and cutting through grease. And olive oil is a great alternative to furniture polish.


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I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too. No, sir, these, I protest you,...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Man wants but little here below Nor wants that little long.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the ...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
The king himself has follow'd her When she has walk'd before.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound. And news much older than their ale went round.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he: Ful...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Silence gives consent.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Heroes themselves had fallen behind! --Whene'er he went before.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; ...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth; If he had any faults, he has left us in dou...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings but reliev'd their pain; ...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other down;The swain mistrust...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our ve...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are ...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
That dire disease, whose ruthless power Withers the beauty's transient flower.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where you taper cheers the vale ...
OLIVER GOLDSMITH
Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first best country ever is at home.
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