Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Topics: Friendship Quotes

Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.

Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

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...

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

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...

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those who think must govern those who...

For just experience tells, in every soil, That those who think must govern those who...

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the...

To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the...

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

Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, 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

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

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

They say women and music should never be dated.

They say women and music should never be dated.

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...

Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see, Oil, vinegar, sugar and saltiness agree

Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see, Oil, vinegar, sugar and saltiness agree

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...

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm...

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm...

Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking and all the children...

Where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking and all the children...

Nothing is sooner dry than a woman's tears.

Nothing is sooner dry than a woman's tears.

Men are no more immune from emotions than women; we think women are more emotional...

Men are no more immune from emotions than women; we think women are more emotional...