black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.

Oliver Goldsmith

Related Topics

Affect Natural Stage

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

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

Excellence Mistake Scarce Vice Virtue
Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Brain Genius Goodness Grammar Myself
When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Art Finding Herself Love Melancholy Woman
A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Calm Future Greatness Lying Past Present Source Wisdom
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Crowd Fruit Happiness Time
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

Country Curiosity Himself Home Leaving Man Philosophy
All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Appreciation Feeling Husband Marriage Praise
Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Beautiful Charm Description Happiness Nature Novel Paint Romance Sex
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Conscience Coward Justice Mistake Seldom Strength
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Champion Defend Weird
Tenderness is a virtue.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

One Liner Tender Virtue
The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Audience Best Laughter Way
Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Country Culture Different Polite Treatment
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Choice Marriage Quality Wife
Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Criticism World Writing Yourself
Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Compatible Friendship Passion Pity

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes

Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'imagick.so' (tried: /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so.so (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0