When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?

Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

Topics: Women Quotes

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

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.

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

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to...

The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see, Oil, vinegar, sugar and saltiness agree

Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see, Oil, vinegar, sugar and saltiness agree

Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness...

Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness...

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...

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

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.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

The jests of the rich are ever successful.