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
best care falls forward greatest life till
Life at the greatest and best is but a forward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.
best gave ignorance innocence labor life light spread wealth wholesome
For him light labor spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more: His best companions, innocence and health; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth
life mother lost-love
As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us.
life heart care
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!
life looks virgins
The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.
life form quarry
The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
life life-is
All the bloomy flush of life is fled.
life happiness needs
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.
life race ability
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.
inspirational-life men long
Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
life children fall
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.
inspirational life motivational
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
life travel journey
Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
inspirational life change
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.