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Fine declamation does not cons...

Fine declamation does not consist in flowery periods, delicate allusions of musical cadences, but in a plain, open, loose style, where the periods are long and obvious, where the same thought is often exhibited in several points of view.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

This is that eloquence the anc...

This is that eloquence the ancients represented as lightning, bearing down every opposer; this the power which has turned whole assemblies into astonishment, admiration and awe- - that is described by the torrent, the flame, and every other instance of irresistible impetuosity.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

I hate the French because they...

I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden shoes.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

What if in Scotland's wilds we...

What if in Scotland's wilds we viel'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed; Where the rug's two-fold use we might display, By night a blanket, and a plaid by day.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Thus 'tis with all; their chie...

Thus 'tis with all; their chief and constant care Is to seem everything but what they are.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Amid thy desert-walks the lapw...

Amid thy desert-walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

The more various our artificia...

The more various our artificial necessities, the wider is our circle of pleasure; for all pleasure consists in obviating necessities as they rise; luxury, therefore, as it increases our wants, increases our capacity for happiness

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Pride in their port, defiance ...

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

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

One should not quarrel with a ...

One should not quarrel with a dog without a reason sufficient to vindicate one through all the courts of morality.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

In a polite age almost every p...

In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and receives more instruction from the Press than the Pulpit.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Villainy, when detected, never...

Villainy, when detected, never gives up, but boldly adds impudence to imposture.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Our bounty, like a drop of wat...

Our bounty, like a drop of water, disappears, when diffus'd too widely

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

To a philosopher no circumstan...

To a philosopher no circumstance, however trifling, is too minute.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Why was this heart of mine for...

Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility! Or why not my fortune adapted to its impulses! Tenderness without a capacity of relieving only makes the man who feels it more wretched than the object which sues for assistance.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Pity and friendship are two pa...

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Both wit and understanding are...

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity. The ignorant peasant without fault is greater than the philosopher with many. What is genius or courage without a heart?

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Both wit and understanding are...

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Crime generally punishes itsel...

Crime generally punishes itself.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Write how you want, the critic...

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

Her modest looks the cottage m...

Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn.

Oliver Goldsmith 542 quotes

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