On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHWhen 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?
More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
-
-
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 -
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH -
They say women and music should never be dated.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH -
The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH -
Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH -
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH -
Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH -
I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH -
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH -
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH -
Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH -
Tenderness is a virtue.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH -
The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH -
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH -
Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH






