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

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Topics: Wedding Quotes

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old...

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old...

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

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...

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out...

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out...

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...

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...

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.

They say women and music should never be dated.

They say women and music should never be dated.

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised...

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised...

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...

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...

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice,...

She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice,...

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.

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly...

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly...

If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.

If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

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...