Silence is become his mother tongue.

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Topics: Silence Quotes

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

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

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...

They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but...

They may talk of a comet, or a burning mountain, or some such bagatelle; but...

With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest...

With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest...

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...

Tenderness is a virtue.

Tenderness is a virtue.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.

He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.

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

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

Self-interest is the enemy of all true affection.

I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I...

I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I...