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Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

As few subjects are more interesting to society, so few have been more frequently written upon than the education of youth Picture Quote #1

And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew Picture Quote #1

All the sciences are, in some measure, linked with each other, and before the one is ended, the other begins Picture Quote #1

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 relieving only makes the man who feels it more wretched than the object which sues for assistance Picture Quote #1

You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on Picture Quote #1

Death when unmasked shows us a friendly face and is a terror only at a distance Picture Quote #1

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When we take a slight survey of the surface of our globe a thousand objects offer themselves which, though long known, yet still demand our curiosity Picture Quote #1

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 the good man who comes to relieve it Picture Quote #1

Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a character from posterity Picture Quote #1

A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined Picture Quote #1

True genius walks along a line, and, perhaps, our greatest pleasure is in seeing it so often near falling, without being ever actually down Picture Quote #1

If we do not find happiness in the present moment, in what shall we find it? Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would undertake to persuade the whole public of readers to believe that the sun was neither the cause of light or heat, if he could only get six philosophers on his side Picture Quote #1

She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue, is a much greater character than the ladies described in romance, whose whole occupation is to murder mankind with shafts from their quiver or their eyes Picture Quote #1

There is nothing magnanimous in bearing misfortunes with fortitude, when the whole world is looking on... He who, without friends to encourage or even without hope to alleviate his misfortunes, can behave with tranquility and indifference, is truly great Picture Quote #1

If we look round the world, there seem to be not above six distinct varieties in the human species, each of which is strongly marked, and speaks the kind seldom to have mixed with any other. But there is nothing in the shape, nothing in the faculties, that shows their coming from different originals; and the varieties of climate, of nourishment, and custom, are sufficient to produce every change Picture Quote #1

Oh sir! I must not tell my age. They say women and music should never be dated Picture Quote #1

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See me, how calm I am. Ay, people are generally calm at the misfortunes of others Picture Quote #1

But in his duty prompt at every call, he watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all Picture Quote #1

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As few subjects are more interesting to society, so few have been more frequently written upon than the education of youth (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) All the sciences are, in some measure, linked with each other, and before the one is ended, the other begins (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) 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 relieving only makes the man who feels it more wretched than the object which sues for assistance (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) Death when unmasked shows us a friendly face and is a terror only at a distance (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) When we take a slight survey of the surface of our globe a thousand objects offer themselves which, though long known, yet still demand our curiosity (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) 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 the good man who comes to relieve it (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a character from posterity (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) True genius walks along a line, and, perhaps, our greatest pleasure is in seeing it so often near falling, without being ever actually down (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) If we do not find happiness in the present moment, in what shall we find it? (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) 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 Quotes) There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would undertake to persuade the whole public of readers to believe that the sun was neither the cause of light or heat, if he could only get six philosophers on his side (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue, is a much greater character than the ladies described in romance, whose whole occupation is to murder mankind with shafts from their quiver or their eyes (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) There is nothing magnanimous in bearing misfortunes with fortitude, when the whole world is looking on... He who, without friends to encourage or even without hope to alleviate his misfortunes, can behave with tranquility and indifference, is truly great (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) If we look round the world, there seem to be not above six distinct varieties in the human species, each of which is strongly marked, and speaks the kind seldom to have mixed with any other. But there is nothing in the shape, nothing in the faculties, that shows their coming from different originals; and the varieties of climate, of nourishment, and custom, are sufficient to produce every change (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) Oh sir! I must not tell my age. They say women and music should never be dated (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) See me, how calm I am. Ay, people are generally calm at the misfortunes of others (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) But in his duty prompt at every call, he watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes)

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