Oliver Goldsmith Quotes - Page 13

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• Thus 'tis with all; their chief and constant care Is to seem everything but what they are.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Hypocrisy, Care, Chiefs

  Oliver Goldsmith, David Masson (1869). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith”, p.683

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• Age, that lessens the enjoyment of life, increases our desire of living

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Age, Desire, Increase

  Oliver Goldsmith (1851). “Poems, Plays and Essays”, p.310

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• Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Men, Criticism, Blame

  Oliver Goldsmith (1825). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Miscellaneous poems. The good-natured man. She stoops to conquer; or, the Mistakes of a night. An oratorio. Prefaces. [Criticisms”, p.218

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• I always get the better when I argue alone.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Funny, Sarcastic, Sarcasm

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• Hope, like the gleaming taper

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Hope

  Oliver Goldsmith (1837). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces”, p.88

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• To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Pleasure, Convenience, Fortuitous

  Oliver Goldsmith (1858). “The Vicar of Wakefield ... Nach Walter Scott's verbessertem Texte durchgängig accentuirt. Nebst ... Noten und einem vollständigen Wörterbuche ... Bearbeitet von Christian Heinrich Plessner ... Fünfte Auflage”, p.201

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• The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Dog, Men, Poison

  "An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog" l. 29 (1766)

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• The sports of children satisfy the child.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Sports, Children

  Oliver Goldsmith (1854). “The works of Oliver Goldsmith, ed. by P. Cunningham”, p.11

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• The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest, contriv'd a double debt to pay,- A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Wall, Night, Doors

  Oliver Goldsmith (1805). “The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Etc”, p.32

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• A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay,- A cap by night, a stocking all the day.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Night, Caps, Brows

  Oliver Goldsmith (1825). “Letters from a Citizen of the World to His Friends in the East”, p.94

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• He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Friendship, Popularity, Casts

  Oliver Goldsmith (1842). “The Select Works of Oliver Goldsmith: In One Volume. With the Portrait of the Author..”, p.217

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• A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Men, Care, Made

  Oliver Goldsmith (1856). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Poems, Comedies, Essays, and Vicar of Wakefield”, p.28

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• But me, not destined such delights to share,
  My prime of life in wandering spent and care;
  Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue
  Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view
  That, like the circle bounding earth and skies,
  Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies;
  My fortune leads to traverse reams alone,
  And find no spot of all the world my own.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Views, Sky, Circles

  Oliver Goldsmith (1841). “Goldsmith's miscellaneous works”, p.2

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• For praise too dearly lov'd, or warmly sought,
  Enfeebles all internal strength of thought;
  And the weak soul within itself unblest,
  Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Soul, Flattery, Praise

  Oliver Goldsmith (1824). “Essays, poems and plays”, p.141

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• The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Gambling, Games, Twelve

  Oliver Goldsmith “the traveller and the deserted village”, CUP Archive

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• 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

  Laughing, Alcohol, Usual

  Oliver Goldsmith, David Masson (1869). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith”, p.83

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• We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Retirement, Adventure, Fire

  'The Vicar of Wakefield' (1766) ch. 1

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• A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Book, Errors, Dull

  Oliver Goldsmith (1806). “The Vicar of Wakefield”, p.13

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• Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Sweet, Auburn, Village

  'The Deserted Village' (1770) l. 1

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• As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Book, Reading, Desire

  Oliver Goldsmith, David Masson (1869). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith”, p.391

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• Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  People, Praise, Spokes

  Oliver Goldsmith (1850). “Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield, Citizen of the world, Poetical works, etc”, p.111

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• The folly of others is ever most ridiculous to those who are themselves most foolish.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Ridiculous, Foolish, Folly

  Oliver Goldsmith, David Masson (1869). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith”, p.156

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• Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
  His first best country ever is at home.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Country, Home, Patriotic

  The Traveller l. 73 (1764)

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• 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

  Gambling, Tables, Fortune

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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

  Education, Science, Interesting

  Oliver Goldsmith (1844). “Poems, Plays and Essays”, p.279

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