Inspirational Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine!

— Oliver Goldsmith

And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Fear guides more than gratitude.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Those who think must govern those that toil.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Though very poor, may still be very blest.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Nobody with me at sea but myself.

— Oliver Goldsmith

It is not easy to recover an art when once lost.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side.

— Oliver Goldsmith

To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.

— Oliver Goldsmith

That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.

— Oliver Goldsmith

By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd; The sports of children satisfy the child.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom.

— Oliver Goldsmith

True wisdom consists of tracing effects to their causes.

— 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

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity; it is that which gives value to every character. The ignorant peasant, without fault,…

— Oliver Goldsmith

The very pink of perfection.

— Oliver Goldsmith

All the bloomy flush of life is fled.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Measures, not men, have always been my mark.

— Oliver Goldsmith

He watched and wept and prayed and felt for all

— Oliver Goldsmith

Crimes generally punish themselves.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Little things are great to little men.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Take a dollar from a thousand and it will be a thousand no more.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.

— Oliver Goldsmith

To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flames from wasting by repose.

— Oliver Goldsmith

He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

— Oliver Goldsmith

The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.

— Oliver Goldsmith

The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died.

— Oliver Goldsmith

It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them.

— Oliver Goldsmith

The genteel thing is the genteel thing any time, if as be that a gentleman bees in a concatenation accordingly.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

What is genius or courage without a heart?

— Oliver Goldsmith

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.

— Oliver Goldsmith