Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
And still they gazed and still the wonder grew That one small head should carry all it knew.
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock but make us economists of what we a...
Show MoreI love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated ...
Show MoreLaws grind the poor and rich men rule the law.
The English laws punish vice the Chinese laws do more they reward virtue.
They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but to me a modest woman, d...
Show MoreThe hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowned with fruition.
He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.
A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to c...
Show MoreAt church with meek and unaffected grace His looks adorn'd the venerable place Truth from his lip...
Show MoreAt church with meek and unaffected grace His looks adorn'd the venerable place Truth from his lip...
Show MoreLife is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
The man recover'd of the bite The dog it was that died.
Hope like the gleaming taper's light adorns and cheers our way And still as darker grows the nig...
Show MoreSuccess consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
I'll fares the land to hastening ills of prey Where wealth accumulates and men decay.
But in his duty prompt at every call He watch'd and wept he pray'd and felt for all.
To make a fine gentleman several trades are required but chiefly a barber.
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
A modest woman dressed out in all her finery is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no fibs.
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
Conscience is a coward and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justic...
Show MoreHe watch'd and wept he pray'd and felt for all.
Man wants but little here below nor wants that little long.
Man wants but little here below Nor wants that little long.
Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
I'll fares the land to hastening ills a prey Where wealth accumulates and men decay Princes and ...
Show MoreIf you were to make little fishes talk they would talk like whales.
He who fights and runs away May live to fight another day. But he who is in battle slain Can never ...
Show MoreFriendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants a...
Show MoreThe very pink of perfection.
In all my wanderings through this world of care,In all my griefs -- and God has given my share --I s...
Show MoreA great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of...
Show MoreRomance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that hu...
Show MorePeople seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after.
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice...
Show MoreI love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.
…The more enormous our wealth, the more extensive our fears, all our possessions are paled up with n...
Show MoreThe first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I re...
Show MoreOur greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs.
Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
Hope, like the gleaming taper’s light, adorns and cheers our way; and still, as darker grows the nig...
Show MorePhilosophy is a good horse in the stable but an errant jade on a journey.
The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
