What did Oliver Goldsmith mean by: Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man. Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland Copy
If we do not find happiness in the present moment, in what shall we find it? Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Contentment, Happiness, Present, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
We are all sure of two things, at least; we shall suffer and we shall all die. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Certainty, Mortality, Suffering, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Admiration, Community, Wealth, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
As for disappointing them I should not so much mind; but I can’t abide to disappoint myself. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Disappointment, Mind, Self, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
Eternal blessings crown my earliest friend, And round his dwelling guardian saints attend. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Blessings, Friendship, Protection, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Disadvantage, Inequality, Power, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
By sports like these are all their cares beguil’d; The sports of children satisfy the child. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Escapism, Innocence, Satisfaction, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the mind. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Bliss, Search, Vanity, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him. Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President · USA
