100 Quotations by Oliver Goldsmith
- 1. A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of ...
![A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of .... Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 2. A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to c ...
![A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to c .... Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 3. A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
![A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.. Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 4. A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at ho ...
![A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at ho .... Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 5. And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew.
![And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew.. Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 6. As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must nece ...
![As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must nece .... Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 7. Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art ra ...
![Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art ra .... Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 8. But in his duty prompt at every call, he watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all.
![But in his duty prompt at every call, he watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all.. Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 9. Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
![Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.. Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 10. Crime generally punishes itself.
![Crime generally punishes itself.. Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 11. Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.
![Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.. Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 12. Every absurdity has a champion to defend it; for error is always talkative.
![Every absurdity has a champion to defend it; for error is always talkative.. Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 13. Fear guides more than gratitude.
![Fear guides more than gratitude.. Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 14. For he that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day, but he, who is in battle slain, can ...
![For he that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day, but he, who is in battle slain, can .... Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 15. Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
![Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.. Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 16. Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants a ...
![Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants a .... Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 17. Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.
![Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.. Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 18. Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the giver's bosom.
![Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the giver's bosom.. Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 19. He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, for he knew when he pleased he could whistle them ba ...
![He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, for he knew when he pleased he could whistle them ba .... Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
- 20. He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.
![He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.. Oliver Goldsmith.](/img/view.gif)
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