Quotes from Oliver Goldsmith

Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.

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

The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

The sports of children satisfy the child.

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

People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.

Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and the increase in our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.

Age, that lessens the enjoyment of life, increases our desire of living

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

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.

By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd; The sports of children satisfy the child.

Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.

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

The wretch condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies; And every pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise.

He watch'd and wept he pray'd and felt for all.

Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day's disasters in his morning face.

All the bloomy flush of life is fled.

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.

They say women and music should never be dated.

There is unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student.

The life of a scholar seldom abounds with adventure.

Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And every care resign: And we shall never, never part, My life-my all that's mine!

To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flames from wasting by repose.