Best Oliver Goldsmith Thoughts
- 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… Any
- Persecution is a tribute the great must always pay for preeminence. Always Pay
- There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would undertake to persuade… Absurd
- The mind is ever ingenious in making its own distress. Distress
- The jests of the rich are ever successful. Ever Successful
- True genius walks along a line, and, perhaps, our greatest pleasure is in seeing it so often near falling, without being ever actually down. Along
- If we do not find happiness in the present moment, in what shall we find it? Find
- The ingratitude of the world can never deprive us of the conscious happiness of having acted with humanity ourselves. Acted
- That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel. Guarded
- Hope, like the gleaming taper Funny
- Logicians have but ill defined As rational the human mind; Reason, they say, belongs to man, But let them prove it if they can. Belongs
- I always get the better when I argue alone. Alone
- They please, are pleas'd, they give to get esteem Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem. Ambition
- I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too. No, sir, these, I protest you, are too hard for me. Argument
- In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading. Arguing
- Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay. Business
- Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man. Blame
- Age, that lessens the enjoyment of life, increases our desire of living Age
- Blest be those feasts, with simple plenty crowned, Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail Or sigh… All
- Fine declamation does not consist in flowery periods, delicate allusions of musical cadences, but in a plain, open, loose style, where the periods are long… Allusion
- This is that eloquence the ancients represented as lightning, bearing down every opposer; this the power which has turned whole assemblies into astonishment, admiration and… Admiration
- I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden shoes. All
- Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. Dwindles
- What if in Scotland's wilds we viel'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed; Where the rug's two-fold use we might display, By… Bed
- Thus 'tis with all; their chief and constant care Is to seem everything but what they are. All
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