Famous Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

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

Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.

A wise man can always find happiness in the simplest of things.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Hope is such an important thing - without it we are just walking shadows.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Life at the greatest and best is but a forward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

There is no arguing with Johnson; for when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.

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

To feel your subject thoroughly and to speak without fear, are the only rules of eloquence.

Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country ever is, at home.

There is no arguing with Johnson; for when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.

He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.

For just experience tells; in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil.

Where wealth and freedom reign; contentment fails, And honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.

Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by.

I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too.