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Oliver Goldsmith quotes

Irish Poet November 10, 1730 – April 4, 1774

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Oliver Goldsmith quote: "Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love,..."
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves. Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith quote: "I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old..."
I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines. Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith quote: "You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your..."
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. Oliver Goldsmith
When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away? Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith quote: "Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the..."
Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations. Oliver Goldsmith
Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones. Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith quote: "Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each..."
Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other. Oliver Goldsmith
Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss! Oliver Goldsmith
The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book over I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one. Oliver Goldsmith
I have known many of those pretended champions for liberty in my time, yet do I not remember one that was not in his heart and in his family a tyrant. Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith quote: "The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more..."
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition. Oliver Goldsmith
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 single, and only talked of population. Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith quote: "The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end..."
The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy. Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith quote: "Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall."
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. Oliver Goldsmith
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. Oliver Goldsmith

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