We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack. Oliver Goldsmith More Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith More Quotes From Oliver Goldsmith A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation. Oliver Goldsmith modestcreationwhole The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself. Oliver Goldsmith laughterlaughingway Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. Oliver Goldsmith breastsmodestyvirtue Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side. Oliver Goldsmith combinationbusinesssides The bounds of a man's knowledge are easily concealed, if he has but prudence. Oliver Goldsmith prudencecunningmen I have found by experience that they who have spent all their lives in cities contract not only an effeminacy of habit, but of thinking. Oliver Goldsmith habitcitiesthinking I have seen her and sister cry over a book for an hour together, and they said, they liked the book the better the more it made them cry. Oliver Goldsmith crytearsbook There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. Oliver Goldsmith marijuanaweedexcellence Our bounty, like a drop of water, disappears, when diffus'd too widely Oliver Goldsmith drop-of-waterdisappearwater The first blow is half the battle. Oliver Goldsmith battleblowfirsts People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable. Oliver Goldsmith inspirationallifepeople The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man who comes to relieve it. Oliver Goldsmith adversitystrugglemen How wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Oliver Goldsmith splendidlimitsland True wisdom consists of tracing effects to their causes. Oliver Goldsmith effectscauseswisdom Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po. Oliver Goldsmith melancholylazylaziness I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts. Oliver Goldsmith titlessocietynames No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it. Oliver Goldsmith foolworldthinking A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. Oliver Goldsmith regretwiselying Near yonder copse, where once the garden smil'd, Oliver Goldsmith fashionflowercountry In two opposite opinions, if one be perfectly reasonable, the other can't be perfectly right. Oliver Goldsmith opinionoppositestwo
