Oliver Goldsmith Quotes - Page 12

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• And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Ignorance, Riches, Wealth

  'The Deserted Village' (1770) l. 51

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• Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Children, Gay, Skills

  Oliver Goldsmith (1871). “The works of Oliver Goldsmith: Vicar of Wakefield, select poems and comedies, with intr., notes and a life by J.F. Waller”, p.222

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• Crime generally punishes itself.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Crime

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• A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Heart, Men, Gains

  Oliver Goldsmith (1828). “The Vicar of Wakefield, a Tale: To which is Annexed The Deserted Village ...”, p.23

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• Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Lying, Trotting, Asks

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• Pity, though it may often relieve, is but, at best, a short-lived passion, and seldom affords distress more than transitory assistance; with some it scarce lasts from the first impulse till the hand can be put into the pocket.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Passion, Hands, May

  Oliver Goldsmith (1824). “Essays, poems and plays”, p.33

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• Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Politics, Certain, Attempting

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• The work of eradicating crimes is not by making punishment familiar, but formidable.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Punishment, Crime, Familiar

  Oliver Goldsmith (1871). “The works of Oliver Goldsmith: Vicar of Wakefield, select poems and comedies, with intr., notes and a life by J.F. Waller”, p.144

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• If you don't ask me questions, I can't give you an untrue answer.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Giving, Answers, Ask Me

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• How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labour with an age of ease!

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Retirement, Age, Crowns

  'The Deserted Village' (1770) l. 99

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• Persecution is a tribute the great must always pay for preeminence.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Prejudice, Pay, Tribute

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• A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Country, Men, Years

  'The Deserted Village' (1770) l. 141

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• To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the pang preceding death Bids expectation rise.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Hope, Expectations, Lasts

  Oliver Goldsmith (1854). “The works of Oliver Goldsmith, ed. by P. Cunningham”, p.70

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• A volcano may be considered as a cannon of immense size.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Volcanoes, May, Size

  Oliver Goldsmith (1816). “A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature”, p.75

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• Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Men, Poetic, Live By

  Oliver Goldsmith (1856). “The Miscellaneous Works: Poems. Miscellaneous pieces. Dramas. Criticism relating to poetry and the belles-lettres”, p.134

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• Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Views, Fleeting

  Oliver Goldsmith (1854). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Poetical works. Dramas. The vicar of Wakefield”, p.6

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• Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

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  Failure, Long, Contentment

  Oliver Goldsmith (1825). “A History of the Earth: And Animated Nature”, p.844

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• Our Garrick 's a salad; for in him we see Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree!

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Oil, Agreement, Sugar

  'Retaliation' (1774) l. 11.

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• O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree!

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Luxury, Heaven, Decree

  Oliver Goldsmith, David Masson (1869). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith”, p.588

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• The jests of the rich are ever successful.

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  Successful, Riches, Wealth

  Oliver Goldsmith (1809). “The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale”, p.39

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• That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Virtue, Guarded, Sentinels

  'The Vicar of Wakefield' (1766) ch. 5

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• The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Talking, Age, Whispering

  Oliver Goldsmith, Walter MACLEOD (of the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea.) (1858). “Goldsmith's Deserted village, with remarks on the analysis of sentences, exercises in parsing, notes ... and a life of the poet ... By Walter M'Leod”, p.52

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• Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Eye, Pride, Lord

  'The Traveller' (1764) l. 327

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• The more various our artificial necessities, the wider is our circle of pleasure; for all pleasure consists in obviating necessities as they rise; luxury, therefore, as it increases our wants, increases our capacity for happiness

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  Circles, Luxury, Want

  Oliver Goldsmith (1835). “His Works”, p.30

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• The wisdom of the ignorant somewhat resembles the instinct of animals; it is diffused in but a very narrow sphere, but within the circle it acts with vigor, uniformity, and success.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Wisdom, Animal, Circles

  Oliver Goldsmith (1856). “The Miscellaneous Works: Letters from a citizen of the world, to his friend in the East. A familiar introduction to the study of natural history”, p.323

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