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Quotes of Oliver Goldsmith 1707-1793 Italian Playwright
Oliver Goldsmith Photo and Biography
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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it; for error is always talkative. (communication)
For he that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day, but he, who is in battle slain, can never rise and fight again. (discretion)
People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable. (desire)
Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes. (competition)
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A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation. (dress)
Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, that found me poor at first, and keep me so. (drugs)
Honor sinks where commerce long prevails. (business)
Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side. (business)
When a person has no need to borrow they find multitudes willing to lend. (borrowing)
As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease. (books - reading)
But in his duty prompt at every call, he watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. (duty)
The doctor found, when she was dead, her last disorder mortal. (doctors)
Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better. (critics and criticis)
If frugality were established in the state, and if our expenses were laid out to meet needs rather than superfluities of life, there might be fewer wants, and even fewer pleasures, but infinitely more happiness. (happiness)
The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim. (correction)
In all the silent manliness of grief. (grief)
People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselves to copy after. (example)
When any one of our relations was found to be a person of a very bad character, a troublesome guest, or one we desired to get rid of, upon his leaving my house I ever took care to lend him a riding-coat, or a pair of boots, or sometimes a horse of small value, and I always had the satisfaction of finding he never came back to return them. (guests)
Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of industry. (gambling)
There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. (faults)
Some faults are so closely allied to qualities that it is difficult to weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. (faults)
The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy. (fools and foolishnes)
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves. (friends and friendsh)
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry. (fortune)
Fear guides more than gratitude. (fear)
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Goldsmith, Oliver | [2] | [3]
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