Inspirational Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

Nobody with me at sea but myself.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

And learn the luxury of doing good.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Hope, like the gleaming taper

— Oliver Goldsmith

What is genius or courage without a heart?

— Oliver Goldsmith

Those who think must govern those that toil.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

True wisdom consists of tracing effects to their causes.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— 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

As few subjects are more interesting to society, so few have been more frequently written upon than the education of youth.

— 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

Fear guides more than gratitude.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Though very poor, may still be very blest.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Crimes generally punish themselves.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Little things are great to little men.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Measures, not men, have always been my mark.

— Oliver Goldsmith

By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.

— Oliver Goldsmith

The volume of Nature is the book of knowledge.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Crime generally punishes itself.

— Oliver Goldsmith

He watched and wept and prayed and felt for all

— Oliver Goldsmith

All the bloomy flush of life is fled.

— Oliver Goldsmith

O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree!

— Oliver Goldsmith

The very pink of perfection.

— Oliver Goldsmith

I always get the better when I argue alone.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side.

— Oliver Goldsmith