Oliver Goldsmith quotes - page 4

The dog, to gain his private ends, Went mad, and bit the man. (Oliver Goldsmith)
Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt. View quote
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Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so. View quote
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Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won. View quote
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Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land. View quote
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Ask me no questions, and I 'll tell you no fibs. View quote
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A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year. View quote
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So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more. View quote
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The best-humour'd man, with the worst-humour'd Muse. View quote
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Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honor sinks where commerce long prevails. View quote
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The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n Nature warm, The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form. (Oliver Goldsmith)
I'll be with you in the squeezing of a lemon. View quote
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And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth or fame, And leaves the wretch to weep? View quote
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All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little. View quote
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook. View quote
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The land of scholars and the nurse of arms. View quote
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As a wit, if not first, in the very first line. View quote
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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 be a good man. I esteem, therefore, the traveller who instructs the heart, but despise him who only indulges the imagination. 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 impulse of curiosity, is only a vagabond. View quote
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Handsome is that handsome does. View quote
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For he that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day, but he, who is in battle slain, can never rise and fight again. View quote
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Silence gives consent. (Oliver Goldsmith)
To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives. View quote
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Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. View quote
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I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellect too. View quote
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Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes. View quote
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