I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Topics: Zeal Quotes

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and...

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and...

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...

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

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,...

Silence is become his mother tongue.

Silence is become his mother tongue.

Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.

Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.

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

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

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.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

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.

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

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

The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always...

The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always...

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.

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

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

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...

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 was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up...

I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up...

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

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