With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive. Oliver Goldsmith alivebringdisadvantage Change image and share on social
The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself. Oliver Goldsmith audiencelaughmake Change image and share on social
Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss! Oliver Goldsmith beautyblisscharm Change image and share on social
When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away? Oliver Goldsmith artbetraycharm Change image and share on social
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy. Oliver Goldsmith copyimprovemodel Change image and share on social
Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. Oliver Goldsmith breastenrichmodesty Change image and share on social
There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. Oliver Goldsmith allyeradicateexcellence Change image and share on social
I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. Oliver Goldsmith bookfriendlove Change image and share on social
If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales. Oliver Goldsmith fishmaketalk Change image and share on social