Silence is become his mother tongue.

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Topics: Silence Quotes

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...

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...

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

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.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

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,...

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...

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

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

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 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.

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

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...

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...

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

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

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

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...

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

Experience is a long road and an expensive school

Experience is a long road and an expensive school

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...