Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

They say women and music should never be dated.

#Oliver Goldsmith

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out...

#Oliver Goldsmith

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

#Oliver Goldsmith

Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

#Ambition

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it...

#Conscience

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

#Curiosity

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear...

#Wedding

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

#Speech

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and...

#Oliver Goldsmith

To the last moment of his breath, On hope the wretch relies; And even the...

#Expectation

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry

#Fortune

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

#Glory