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Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

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Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) Even children followed with endearing wile, and plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, - though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, eternal sunshine settles on its head  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, and news much older than their ale went round  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) The whitewashed wall, the nicely sanded floor, the varnished clock that clicked behind the door; the chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, that found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stagecoach  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) The genteel thing is the genteel thing any time, if as be that a gentleman bees in a concatenation accordingly  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) Travellers, george, must pay in all places: The only difference is, that in good inns, you pay dearly for your luxuries, and in bad inns you are fleeced and starved  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth: If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) Here lies david garrick, describe me, who can, an abridgment of all that was pleasant in man  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) But soon a wonder came to light That show'd the rogues they lied: The man recovered of the bite, the dog it was that died  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) At church, with meek and unaffected grace, his looks adorn'd the venerable place; truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) Some faults are so closely allied to qualities that it is difficult to weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) I can't say whether we had more wit among us now than usual, but I am certain we had more laughing, which answered the end as well  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of industry  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) The hours that we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowned with success  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) The life of man is a journey; a journey that must be traveled, however bad the roads or the accommodation  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) You, that are going to be married, think things can never be done too fast: but we that are old, and know what we are about, must elope methodically, madam  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes) 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 Quotes) The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim  (Oliver Goldsmith Quotes)
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