Men Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing.

— Oliver Goldsmith

The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad, and bit the man.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Little things are great to little men.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Measures, not men, have always been my mark.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Wealth accumulates, and men decay.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.

— Oliver Goldsmith

The bounds of a man's knowledge are easily concealed, if he has but prudence.

— Oliver Goldsmith

A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.

— Oliver Goldsmith

The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.

— 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

A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Logicians have but ill defined As rational the human mind; Reason, they say, belongs to man, But let them prove it if…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Whatever be the motives which induce men to write,--whether avarice or fame,--the country becomes more wise and happy in which they most…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Like the tiger, that seldom desists from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh, the reader who has once gratified…

— Oliver Goldsmith

What real good does an addition to a fortune already sufficient procure? Not any. Could the great man, by having his fortune…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish or may…

— Oliver Goldsmith

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is a still…

— Oliver Goldsmith

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can…

— Oliver Goldsmith

What we say of a thing that has just come in fashion And that which we do with the dead, Is the…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Were I to be angry at men being fools, I could here find ample room for declamation; but, alas! I have been…

— Oliver Goldsmith

I have visited many countries, and have been in cities without number, yet never did I enter a town which could not…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Thus love is the most easy and agreeable, and gratitude the most humiliating, affection of the mind. We never reflect on the…

— Oliver Goldsmith

It is impossible to combat enthusiasm with reason; for though it makes a show of resistance, it soon eludes the pressure, refers…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Men may be very learned, and yet very miserable; it is easy to be a deep geometrician, or a sublime astronomer, but…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, And still where many a garden flower grows wild, There, where a few torn…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Man little knows what calamities are beyond his patience to bear till he tries them; as in ascending the heights of ambition,…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.

— Oliver Goldsmith

One man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and the other with a wooden ladle.

— Oliver Goldsmith

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

— Oliver Goldsmith

Fear guides more to their duty than gratitude; for one man who is virtuous from the love of virtue, from the obligation…

— Oliver Goldsmith

I fancy the character of a poet is in every country the same,--fond of enjoying the present, careless of the future; his…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility! Or why not my fortune adapted to its impulses! Tenderness without…

— Oliver Goldsmith