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Man Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith
- Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
- 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…
- I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing.
- Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.
- Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.
- The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is…
- Elegy of the Death of a Mad Dog The dog, to gain some praivate ends, Went mad and bit the man.
- The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died.
- Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.
- A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.
- The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.
- Logicians have but ill defined As rational the human mind; Reason, they say, belongs to man, But let them prove it if they can.
- Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man.
- Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.
- Men may be very learned, and yet very miserable; it is easy to be a deep geometrician, or a sublime astronomer, but very difficult to…
- I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued…
- A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind…
- The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is a still greater, which is…
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle