To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the pang preceding death bids expectation rise

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Topics: Expectation Quotes

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

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

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

They say women and music should never be dated.

They say women and music should never be dated.

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...

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...

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.

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the...

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the...

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.

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...

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and...

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and...

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.

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...

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he...

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he...

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...

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 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...

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

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...

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.