What did Oliver Goldsmith mean by: By sports like these are all their cares beguil’d; The sports of children satisfy the child. Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland Copy
Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Beauty, Modesty, Nature, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
One man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and the other with a wooden ladle. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Inequality, Opportunity, Privilege, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Friendship, Passion, Pity, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Comparison, Growth, Self-awareness, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
Age, that lessens the enjoyment of life, increases our desire of living Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Aging, Desire, Life., 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found’st me poor at first, and keep’st me so. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Fate, Love, Poverty, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Individualism, Perception, Satisfaction, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Decay, Society, Wealth, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Life at court does not satisfy a man, but it keeps him from being satisfied with anything else. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
