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Author - Oliver Goldsmith
Quotes by : Oliver Goldsmith
books
The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read....
perfection
The very pink of perfection.
preaching
But in his duty prompt at every call He watch'd and wept he pray'd and felt for all.
improvement
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after.
Love
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and....
sympathy
He watch'd and wept he pray'd and felt for all.
poison
The man recover'd of the bite The dog it was that died.
self
He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.
hope
Hope like the gleaming taper's light adorns and cheers our way And still as darker grows the night....
wine
I love everything that is old; old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines.
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