The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery. Oliver Goldsmith More Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith More Quotes From Oliver Goldsmith People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy. Oliver Goldsmith changeinspirationallife I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. Oliver Goldsmith birthdaylovefriendship Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations. Oliver Goldsmith journeylifetravel Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. Oliver Goldsmith perseverancesuccessmotivational Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same. Oliver Goldsmith politenessdifferentcountry Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter. Oliver Goldsmith encountersrealevil Wealth accumulates, and men decay. Oliver Goldsmith decaywealthmen You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. Oliver Goldsmith motivationalinspirationallife Silence is become his mother tongue. Oliver Goldsmith tonguesilencemother Tenderness is a virtue. Oliver Goldsmith tendernessvirtue Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around. Oliver Goldsmith crushadversitysweet Little things are great to little men. Oliver Goldsmith little-thingslittlesmen Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success. Oliver Goldsmith opponentsenthusiasmenemy Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity; it is that which gives value to every character. The ignorant peasant, without fault, is greater than the philosopher with many; for what is genius or courage without a heart? Oliver Goldsmith integrityinspirationalart Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook. Oliver Goldsmith baithookhope Friendship is made up of esteem and pleasure; pity is composed of sorrow and contempt: the mind may for some time fluctuate between them, but it can never entertain both at once. Oliver Goldsmith sorrowmindfriendship The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing. Oliver Goldsmith lastscircumstancesfound A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home. Oliver Goldsmith tastewisehome Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, Oliver Goldsmith cheerhopeinspirational In all the silent manliness of grief. Oliver Goldsmith silentsilencegrief
