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Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man."

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



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber."

To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber.




Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index."

One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy."

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.




Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine."

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond."

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success."

Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.




Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "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 Quotes: "Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations."

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us."

As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall."

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "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 Quotes: "You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips."

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies."

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



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Wealth accumulates, and men decay."

Wealth accumulates, and men decay.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Little things are great to little men."

Little things are great to little men.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Error is always talkative."

Error is always talkative.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Tenderness is a virtue."

Tenderness is a virtue.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing."

The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "The ingratitude of the world can never deprive us of the conscious happiness of having acted with humanity ourselves."

The ingratitude of the world can never deprive us of the conscious happiness of having acted with humanity ourselves.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook."

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "In all the silent manliness of grief."

In all the silent manliness of grief.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain."

Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales."

If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Villainy, when detected, never gives up, but boldly adds impudence to imposture."

Villainy, when detected, never gives up, but boldly adds impudence to imposture.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery."

The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt."

Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them."

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form."

The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, Adorns and cheers our way; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray."

Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, Adorns and cheers our way; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Silence is become his mother tongue."

Silence is become his mother tongue.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree."

Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp, and hound, And curs of low degree.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to displease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please."

Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost to displease, Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Friendship is made up of esteem and pleasure; pity is composed of sorrow and contempt: the mind may for some time fluctuate between them, but it can never entertain both at once."

Friendship is made up of esteem and pleasure; pity is composed of sorrow and contempt: the mind may for some time fluctuate between them, but it can never entertain both at once.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Silence gives consent."

Silence gives consent.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around."

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around.



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."

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: "Every absurdity has a champion to defend it."

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable."

People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population."

I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "The mind is ever ingenious in making its own distress."

The mind is ever ingenious in making its own distress.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Those who think must govern those that toil."

Those who think must govern those that toil.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law."

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



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home."

A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning."

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died."

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



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "Nobody with me at sea but myself."

Nobody with me at sea but myself.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich."

If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich.



Oliver Goldsmith Quotes: "What if in Scotland's wilds we viel'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed; Where the rug's two-fold use we might display, By night a blanket, and a plaid by day."

What if in Scotland's wilds we viel'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed; Where the rug's two-fold use we might display, By night a blanket, and a plaid by day.