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Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt. — Oliver Goldsmith

To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art. — Oliver Goldsmith

All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them. — Oliver Goldsmith

Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. — Oliver Goldsmith

With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive. — Oliver Goldsmith

O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree! — Oliver Goldsmith

If the soul be happily disposed, every thing becomes capable of affording entertainment, and distress will almost want a name. — Oliver Goldsmith

Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt. — Oliver Goldsmith

Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. — Oliver Goldsmith

Hope, like the gleaming taper — Oliver Goldsmith

What is genius or courage without a heart? — Oliver Goldsmith

They liked the book better the more it made them cry. — Oliver Goldsmith

Mortifications are often more painful than real calamities. — Oliver Goldsmith

Wealth accumulates, and men decay. — Oliver Goldsmith

Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man. — Oliver Goldsmith

We take gingko to sharpen our memories. We could be memorizing song lyrics instead. — Joan Oliver Goldsmith

The life of a scholar seldom abounds with adventure. — Oliver Goldsmith

But winter lingering chills the lap of May. — Oliver Goldsmith

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil. — Oliver Goldsmith

The wretch condemn'd with life to part,
Still, still on hope relies;
And every pang that rends the heart
Bids expectation rise. — Oliver Goldsmith

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

He makes a very handsome corpse and becomes his coffin prodigiously. — Oliver Goldsmith

A reserved lover, it is said, always makes a suspicious husband. — Oliver Goldsmith

Prudery is ignorance. — Oliver Goldsmith

The beast retires to it's shelter, and the bird flies to it's nest; but the helpless man can only find refuge in his fellow creature. — Oliver Goldsmith

Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile. — Oliver Goldsmith

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations. — Oliver Goldsmith

Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please. — Oliver Goldsmith

Alas! the joys that fortune brings
Are trifling, and decay,
And those who prize the trifling things,
More trifling still than they. — Oliver Goldsmith

Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine! — Oliver Goldsmith

Here let me sit in sorrow for mankind. — Oliver Goldsmith

A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. — Oliver Goldsmith

Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature. — Oliver Goldsmith

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

Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, adorns and cheers our way; and still, as darker grows the night, emits a brighter ray. — Oliver Goldsmith

How wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. — Oliver Goldsmith

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs. — Oliver Goldsmith

Our bounty, like a drop of water, disappears, when diffus'd too widely — Oliver Goldsmith

To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise. — Oliver Goldsmith

And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray. — Oliver Goldsmith

All is not gold that glitters,
Pleasure seems sweet, but proves a glass of bitters — Oliver Goldsmith

There is unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student. — Oliver Goldsmith

In proportion as society refines, new books must ever become more necessary. — Oliver Goldsmith

When a person has no need to borrow they find multitudes willing to lend. — Oliver Goldsmith

Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
His first best country ever is at home. — Oliver Goldsmith

Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie. — Oliver Goldsmith

A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined. — Oliver Goldsmith

As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood. — Oliver Goldsmith

Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day's disasters in his morning face. — Oliver Goldsmith

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. — Oliver Goldsmith

Taste is the power of relishing or rejecting whatever is offered for the entertainment of the imagination. — Oliver Goldsmith

Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter. — Oliver Goldsmith

Novels teach the youthful mind to sigh after happiness that never existed. — Oliver Goldsmith

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

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. — Oliver Goldsmith

In all the silent manliness of grief. — Oliver Goldsmith

Fancy restrained may be compared to a fountain, which plays highest by diminishing the aperture. — Oliver Goldsmith

Age, that lessens the enjoyment of life, increases our desire of living — Oliver Goldsmith

Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by. — Oliver Goldsmith

All the sciences are, in some measure, linked with each other, and before the one is ended, the other begins. — Oliver Goldsmith

To be poor, and to seem poor, is a certain method never to rise. — Oliver Goldsmith

The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form. — Oliver Goldsmith

The very pink of perfection. — Oliver Goldsmith

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition. — Oliver Goldsmith

We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack. — Oliver Goldsmith

A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another. — Oliver Goldsmith

The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. — Oliver Goldsmith

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. — Oliver Goldsmith

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

Death when unmasked shows us a friendly face and is a terror only at a distance. — Oliver Goldsmith

When we take a slight survey of the surface of our globe a thousand objects offer themselves which, though long known, yet still demand our curiosity. — Oliver Goldsmith

In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stagecoach. — Oliver Goldsmith

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well. — Oliver Goldsmith

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves. — Oliver Goldsmith

Where wealth accumulates, men decay. — Oliver Goldsmith

I have known many of those pretended champions for liberty in my time, yet do I not remember one that was not in his heart and in his family a tyrant. — Oliver Goldsmith

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same. — Oliver Goldsmith

Premature consolation is but the remembrancer of sorrow. — Oliver Goldsmith

All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes. — Oliver Goldsmith

The folly of others is ever most ridiculous to those who are themselves most foolish. — Oliver Goldsmith

Vain, very vain is my search to find; that happiness which only centers in the mind. — Oliver Goldsmith

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law. — Oliver Goldsmith

The first blow is half the battle. — Oliver Goldsmith

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. — Oliver Goldsmith

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest — Oliver Goldsmith

The nakedness of the indigent world may be clothed from the trimmings of the vain. — Oliver Goldsmith

Error is ever talkative. — Oliver Goldsmith

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting. — Oliver Goldsmith

They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem. — Oliver Goldsmith

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around. — Oliver Goldsmith

People seldom improve when they have no model but themselves to copy after — Oliver Goldsmith

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity. — Oliver Goldsmith

If you don't ask me questions, I can't give you an untrue answer. — Oliver Goldsmith

Want of prudence is too frequently the want of virtue. — Oliver Goldsmith

Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side. — Oliver Goldsmith

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little. — Oliver Goldsmith

They say women and music should never be dated. — Oliver Goldsmith

You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on ... — Oliver Goldsmith

Elegy of the Death of a Mad Dog The dog, to gain some praivate ends, Went mad and bit the man. — Oliver Goldsmith

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry. — Oliver Goldsmith