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
sarcastic arguing
I always get the better when I argue alone.
men mind reason
Logicians have but ill defined As rational the human mind; Reason, they say, belongs to man, But let them prove it if they can.
hope
Hope, like the gleaming taper
virtue guarded scarce
That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.
want argument protest
I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too. No, sir, these, I protest you, are too hard for me.
serious arguing argument
In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading.
business decay proud
Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay.
men criticism blame
Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man.
desire age increase
Age, that lessens the enjoyment of life, increases our desire of living
pay prejudice tribute
Persecution is a tribute the great must always pay for preeminence.
horse character house
When any one of our relations was found to be a person of a very bad character, a troublesome guest, or one we desired to get rid of, upon his leaving my house I ever took care to lend him a riding-coat, or a pair of boots, or sometimes a horse of small value, and I always had the satisfaction of finding he never came back to return them.
display universal incredulity
Nothing is so contemptible as that affectation of wisdom, which some display, by universal incredulity.
lying archer heart
The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.
country men years
A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.