Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmithwas an Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield, his pastoral poem The Deserted Village, and his plays The Good-Natur'd Manand She Stoops to Conquer. He is thought to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth10 November 1730
CountryIreland
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Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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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?
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Silence gives consent.
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Tenderness is a virtue.
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Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.
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The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
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Whatever mitigates the woes, or increases the happiness of others, is a just criterion of goodness; and whatever injures society at large, or any individual in it, is a criterion of iniquity.
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No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, Adorns and cheers our way; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray.
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Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
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All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.