There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
Oliver Goldsmith
The jests of the rich are ever successful.
Oliver Goldsmith
People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.
Oliver Goldsmith
I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines; and, I believe, Dorothy, you'll own I have been pretty fond of an old wife.
Oliver Goldsmith
Love Quotes
Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.
Oliver Goldsmith
Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.
Oliver Goldsmith
If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich.
Oliver Goldsmith
And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew.
Oliver Goldsmith
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
Oliver Goldsmith
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
Oliver Goldsmith
Love Quotes
The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.
Oliver Goldsmith
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
I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing.
Oliver Goldsmith
Love Quotes
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.