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Whichever way we look the pro...

Whichever way we look the prospect is disagreeable. Behind, we have left pleasures we shall never enjoy, and therefore regret; and before, we see pleasures which we languish to possess, and are consequently uneasy till we possess them.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Whatever the skill of any cou...

Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a character from posterity.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Who, born for the universe, n...

Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote. Who too deep for his hearers still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

The ambitious are forever fol...

The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Here lies David Garrick, desc...

Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

A night-cap deck'd his brows ...

A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay,- A cap by night, a stocking all the day.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

How blest is he who crowns, in...

How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labor with an age of ease.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Hope, like the gleaming taper'...

Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, adorns and cheers our way; and still, as darker grows the night, emits a brighter ray.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Aromatic plants bestow no spic...

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Want of prudence is too freque...

Want of prudence is too frequently the want of virtue.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Philosophy can add to our happ...

Philosophy can add to our happiness in no other manner but by diminishing our misery; it should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of. Happy were we all born philosophers; all born with a talent of thus dissipating our own cares by spreading them upon all mankind.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

The very pink of perfection....

The very pink of perfection.

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[T]here are depths of thousand...

[T]here are depths of thousands of miles which are hidden from our inquiry. The only tidings we have from those unfathomable regions are by means of volcanoes, those burning mountains that seem to discharge their materials from the lowest abysses of the earth.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

If frugality were established ...

If frugality were established in the state, and if our expenses were laid out to meet needs rather than superfluities of life, there might be fewer wants, and even fewer pleasures, but infinitely more happiness.

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Vain, very vain is my search t...

Vain, very vain is my search to find; that happiness which only centers in the mind.

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Good counsel rejected returns ...

Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom.

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It seemed to me pretty plain, ...

It seemed to me pretty plain, that they had more of love than matrimony in them.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Life has been compared to a ra...

Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Don't let us make imaginary ev...

Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

There is a greatness in being ...

There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.

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