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Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Though very poor, may still be very blest. Though very poor, may still be very blest.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: At this he laughed, and so did we: the jests of the rich are ever successful. At this he laughed, and so did we: the jests of the rich are ever successful.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt. Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Those who think must govern those that toil. Those who think must govern those that toil.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich. If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: A volcano may be considered as a cannon of immense size. A volcano may be considered as a cannon of immense size.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: If the soul be happily disposed, every thing becomes capable of affording entertainment, and distress will almost want a name. If the soul be happily disposed, every thing becomes capable of affording entertainment, and distress will almost want a name.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Hope, like the gleaming taper Hope, like the gleaming taper
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: What is genius or courage without a heart? What is genius or courage without a heart?
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: The genteel thing is the genteel thing any time, if as be that a gentleman bees in a concatenation accordingly. The genteel thing is the genteel thing any time, if as be that a gentleman bees in a concatenation accordingly.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Fear guides more than gratitude. Fear guides more than gratitude.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day; But he who is battle slain Can never rise to fight again He who fights and runs away
May live to fight another day;
But he who is battle slain
Can never rise to fight again
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Silence gives consent. Silence gives consent.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Tenderness is a virtue. Tenderness is a virtue.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain. By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity. A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: But winter lingering chills the lap of May. But winter lingering chills the lap of May.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: For just experience tells, in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil. For just experience tells, in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading. In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: True genius walks along a line, and, perhaps, our greatest pleasure is in seeing it so often near falling, without being ever actually down. True genius walks along a line, and, perhaps, our greatest pleasure is in seeing it so often near falling, without being ever actually down.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Prudery is ignorance. Prudery is ignorance.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Every want that stimulates the breast becomes a source of pleasure when redressed. Every want that stimulates the breast becomes a source of pleasure when redressed.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile. Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure. Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Alas! the joys that fortune bringsAre trifling, and decay,And those who prize the trifling things,More trifling still than they. Alas! the joys that fortune brings
Are trifling, and decay,
And those who prize the trifling things,
More trifling still than they.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: To a philosopher no circumstance, however trifling, is too minute. To a philosopher no circumstance, however trifling, is too minute.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine! Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine!
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: It world be well had we more misers than we have among us. It world be well had we more misers than we have among us.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: An Englishman fears contempt more than death. An Englishman fears contempt more than death.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Little things are great to little men. Little things are great to little men.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: See me, how calm I am.Ay, people are generally calm at the misfortunes of others. See me, how calm I am.
Ay, people are generally calm at the misfortunes of others.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth: If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt. Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth: If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: We are all sure of two things, at least; we shall suffer and we shall all die. We are all sure of two things, at least; we shall suffer and we shall all die.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Silence is become his mother tongue. Silence is become his mother tongue.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us. As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: As few subjects are more interesting to society, so few have been more frequently written upon than the education of youth. As few subjects are more interesting to society, so few have been more frequently written upon than the education of youth.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Logicians have but ill defined As rational the human mind; Reason, they say, belongs to man, But let them prove it if they can. Logicians have but ill defined As rational the human mind; Reason, they say, belongs to man, But let them prove it if they can.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom. Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors. We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay. Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts. I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and receives more instruction from the Press than the Pulpit. In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and receives more instruction from the Press than the Pulpit.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber. To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view. Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair. Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of industry. Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of industry.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Nothing is so contemptible as that affectation of wisdom, which some display, by universal incredulity. Nothing is so contemptible as that affectation of wisdom, which some display, by universal incredulity.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew. And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: If we do not find happiness in the present moment, in what shall we find it? If we do not find happiness in the present moment, in what shall we find it?
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: All the bloomy flush of life is fled. All the bloomy flush of life is fled.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better. Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: In two opposite opinions, if one be perfectly reasonable, the other can't be perfectly right. In two opposite opinions, if one be perfectly reasonable, the other can't be perfectly right.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: He watched and wept and prayed and felt for all He watched and wept and prayed and felt for all
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over. Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them. It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Those who place their affections at first on trifles for amusement, will find these trifles become at last their most serious concerns. Those who place their affections at first on trifles for amusement, will find these trifles become at last their most serious concerns.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Vain, very vain is my search to find; that happiness which only centers in the mind. Vain, very vain is my search to find; that happiness which only centers in the mind.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Age, that lessens the enjoyment of life, increases our desire of living Age, that lessens the enjoyment of life, increases our desire of living
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray. And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Ridicule has even been the most powerful enemy of enthusiasm, and properly the only antagonist that can be opposed to it with success. Ridicule has even been the most powerful enemy of enthusiasm, and properly the only antagonist that can be opposed to it with success.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Fancy restrained may be compared to a fountain, which plays highest by diminishing the aperture. Fancy restrained may be compared to a fountain, which plays highest by diminishing the aperture.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: In all the silent manliness of grief. In all the silent manliness of grief.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs. Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: All is not gold that glitters,Pleasure seems sweet, but proves a glass of bitters All is not gold that glitters,
Pleasure seems sweet, but proves a glass of bitters
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: People seldom improve when they have no model but themselves to copy after People seldom improve when they have no model but themselves to copy after
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep? And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep?
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law. Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem. They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side. Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: The very pink of perfection. The very pink of perfection.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another. A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: The world is like a vast sea: mankind like a vessel sailing on its tempestuous bosom ... [T]he sciences serve us for oars. The world is like a vast sea: mankind like a vessel sailing on its tempestuous bosom ... [T]he sciences serve us for oars.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by. Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Thus let me hold thee to my heart,And every care resign:And we shall never, never part,My life-my all that's mine! Thus let me hold thee to my heart,
And every care resign:
And we shall never, never part,
My life-my all that's mine!
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable. People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: What we place most hopes upon, generally proves most fatal. What we place most hopes upon, generally proves most fatal.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook. Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index. One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: It has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves. It has been well observed that few are better qualified to give others advice than those who have taken the least of it themselves.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Let observation with observant view,Observe mankind from China to Peru. Let observation with observant view,
Observe mankind from China to Peru.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: The sports of children satisfy the child. The sports of children satisfy the child.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more. So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: law grinds the poor, rich men rule the law law grinds the poor, rich men rule the law
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Persecution is a tribute the great must always pay for preeminence. Persecution is a tribute the great must always pay for preeminence.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service. To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: The nakedness of the indignant world may be cloathed from the trimmings of the vain. The nakedness of the indignant world may be cloathed from the trimmings of the vain.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature. Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie. Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie.
Oliver Goldsmith quotes: Novels teach the youthful mind to sigh after happiness that never existed. Novels teach the youthful mind to sigh after happiness that never existed.

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