Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

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

Talk, Whales, Fishes

Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.
Oliver Goldsmith

Long, Here, Wants

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
Oliver Goldsmith

Modesty, Seldom, Virtues

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
Oliver Goldsmith

Simple, Acting, Off

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.
Oliver Goldsmith

Best, Enemy, Wait

Tenderness is a virtue.
Oliver Goldsmith

Virtue, Tenderness

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
Oliver Goldsmith

Best, Yourself, Laugh

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
Oliver Goldsmith

Happy, View, Hours

The jests of the rich are ever successful.
Oliver Goldsmith

Successful, Rich, Jests

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
Oliver Goldsmith

Weed, Excellence, Virtue

They say women and music should never be dated.
Oliver Goldsmith

Music, Women, Dated

With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
Oliver Goldsmith

Humility, Him, Enough

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
Oliver Goldsmith

Write, Show, Shall

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

Knowledge, Greatest, Become

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

Family, Single, Opinion

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Poet

Born: November 10, 1730

Died: April 4, 1774

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