Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure.

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Topics: Love Quotes, Pleasure Quotes

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...

They say women and music should never be dated.

They say women and music should never be dated.

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if...

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if...

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive...

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive...

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling...

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling...

Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.

Girls like to be played with, and rumpled a little too, sometimes.

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear...

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear...

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and...

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and...

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he...

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he...

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded...

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded...

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise...

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise...