Arguing Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all…

— Oliver Goldsmith

Sounded to me like he had a pretty good idea what he was saying," Van replied, with surprisingly little anger. "It's a pity he…

— Jonathan Franzen

“He had a quick comprehension and considerable force of character; but, being without the power to combine them, the comprehension became engaged with trivialities…

— Thomas Hardy

“So he went on stringing together these and other absurdities, all in the style of those his books had taught him, imitating their language…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“Pity he had few brains and very little style. She was wondering why no scientist had yet invented social skills in an injectable form…

— Kerry Greenwood

“He had learned that sometimes, watching someone work or standing beside them, looking at stars or at bugs or at a sunset, was far…

— Amy Lane

He was so excited by this little bit of intelligence that he might have gone off, perplexed, pondering for a long time. It was…

— Anne Rice

“Had he learned - would he ever learn - to discard the thoughts he could not use?”

— Chad Harbach

“A smart person would have run and left her to face the consequences of her own stupidity. Not Arpien. He'd always fancied himself a…

— Sarah E. Morin

“And by this experience his knowledge was reduced to diffidence, so that when asked how sounds were created he used to answer tolerantly that…

— Dava Sobel

Whatsoever one would understand what he hears must hasten to put into practice what he has heard.

— Pope Gregory I

He had thought more than other men, and in matters of the intellect he had that calm objectivity, that certainty of thought and knowledge,…

— Anonymous