Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom. Oliver Goldsmith More Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith More Quotes From Oliver Goldsmith Every acknowledgment of gratitude is a circumstance of humiliation; and some are found to submit to frequent mortifications of this kind, proclaiming what obligations they owe, merely because they think it in some measure cancels the debt. Oliver Goldsmith debt gratitude thinking They say women and music should never be dated. Oliver Goldsmith geek conquer should Absence, like death, sets a seal on the image of those we love: we cannot realize the intervening changes which time may have effected. Oliver Goldsmith change love death If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales. Oliver Goldsmith fishes whales littles Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he; Full well the busy whisper circling round Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd. Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declar'd how much he knew, 'Twas certain he could write and cipher too. Oliver Goldsmith laughter writing morning There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar. Oliver Goldsmith generosity greatness simple To a philosopher no circumstance, however trifling, is too minute. Oliver Goldsmith philosopher minutes philosophy Crimes generally punish themselves. Oliver Goldsmith crime prison A boy will learn more true wisdom in a public school in a year than by a private education in five. It is not from masters, but from their equals, that youth learn a knowledge of the world. Oliver Goldsmith boys years school The genteel thing is the genteel thing any time, if as be that a gentleman bees in a concatenation accordingly. Oliver Goldsmith gentleman bees time Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest Oliver Goldsmith kind ambition fame Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth: If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt. Oliver Goldsmith mirth wisdom doubt The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest, contriv'd a double debt to pay,- A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day. Oliver Goldsmith wall doors night A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay,- A cap by night, a stocking all the day. Oliver Goldsmith brows caps night Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. Oliver Goldsmith lips wisdom truth Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt. Oliver Goldsmith ruffles healthy hurt The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died. Oliver Goldsmith poison dog men He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew when he pleas'd he could whistle them back. Oliver Goldsmith casts popularity friendship Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote. Who too deep for his hearers still went on refining, And thought of convincing while they thought of dining: Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit. Oliver Goldsmith learning party nice And learn the luxury of doing good. Oliver Goldsmith doing-good luxury learning
