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

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Topics: Self Improvement Quotes

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

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

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...

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he...

On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he...

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

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...

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...

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

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...

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...

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

The most dangerous food is wedding cake

Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention

Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the...

If a man, for private profit, tears at the public news, does so with the...