Oliver Goldsmith

Ireland
10 Nov 1728 // 4 Apr 1774
Writer, Poet

Quotes

<< Prev Next >>

And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray.

The Deserted Village

Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.

Retaliation

On World:

Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine!

The Traveller

The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.

The Deserted Village

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.

The Traveller

On Zeal:

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing.

On Wit:

As a wit, if not first, in the very first line.

Retaliation

Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view.

The Traveller

On Nobility:

Ask me no questions, and I 'll tell you no fibs.

She Stoops to Conquer

On Conduct:

His conduct still right, with his argument wrong.

Retaliation
<< Prev Next >>
Search

 

Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Francis Bacon Francis Bacon
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays

© Words and Quotes 2014-2107