Oliver Goldsmith quotes - page 3

As aromatic plants bestow No spicy fragrance while they grow But crush'd or trodden to the ground, Diffuse their balmy sweets around. (Oliver Goldsmith)
To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise. View quote
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By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd The sports of children satisfy the child. View quote
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Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's side. View quote
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To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art. View quote
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How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labour with an age of ease. View quote
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Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by. View quote
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Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn. View quote
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And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way. View quote
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Sweet Auburn loveliest village of the plain. View quote
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Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po. (Oliver Goldsmith)
The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died. View quote
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Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise. View quote
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A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes The naked every day he clad When he put on his clothes. View quote
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Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee Still to my brother turns with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain. View quote
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For just experience tells, in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil. View quote
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The virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarcely worth the sentinel. View quote
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Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centres in the mind. View quote
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A book may be amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. View quote
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Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man. View quote
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Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. (Oliver Goldsmith)
Our Garrick 's a salad for in him we see Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree. View quote
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O Luxury thou curst by Heaven's decree. View quote
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Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore. View quote
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In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew. View quote
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