What did Oliver Goldsmith mean by: How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labour with an age of ease! - Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland Copy
+ Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Defense, Trouble, Wisdom, 0 - Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
+ Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Country, Different, Politeness, 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. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Disappointment, Mind, 0 - Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
+ Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Journey, Travel, 0 - Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
+ All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Faults, Love, One Love, 0 - Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
+ Every want that stimulates the breast becomes a source of pleasure when redressed. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Pleasure, Source, 0 - Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
+ A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Book, Dull, Errors, 0 - Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
+ How wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Land, Limits, Splendid, 0 - Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death is the next step after the pension-it’s perpetual retirement without pay. - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
Every artist, as child of his age, is impelled to express the spirit of his age. - Wassily Kandinsky Painter · Russia
What makes old age so sad is, not that our joys, but that our hopes then cease. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
It is not the end of joy that makes old age so sad, but the end of hope. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Memory, wit, fancy, acuteness, cannot grow young again in old age, but the heart can. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany