Best Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
- Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. Cheer
- All the sciences are, in some measure, linked with each other, and before the one is ended, the other begins. All
- The world is like a vast sea: mankind like a vessel sailing on its tempestuous bosom. ... [T]he sciences serve us for oars. Bosom
- We may affirm of Mr. Buffon, that which has been said of the chemists of old; though he may have failed in attaining his principal… Affirm
- Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility! Or why not my fortune adapted to its impulses! Tenderness without a capacity of… Adapted
- Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other. Each
- Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes. Best
- Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity. The ignorant peasant without fault is greater than the philosopher with many. What is genius or courage… Both
- Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity. Both
- Crime generally punishes itself. Crime
- Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better. Better
- And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. Best
- All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them. All
- Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end. Defense
- I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing. Inspirational
- When a person has no need to borrow they find multitudes willing to lend. Borrow
- You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend… Always Find
- With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive. Alive
- As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood. Cannot Lend
- Wealth accumulates, and men decay. Accumulates
- Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. Crutch
- What cities, as great as this, have . . . promised themselves immortality! Posterity can hardly trace the situation of some. The sorrowful traveller wanders… Awful
- As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,- Though round its breast the rolling clouds… Awful
- Death when unmasked shows us a friendly face and is a terror only at a distance. Death
- There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above… Creditors
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