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
+ 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
+ A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Active, Body, Mind, 0 - Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
+ To husband out life’s taper at the close, And keep the flames from wasting by repose. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Flames, Husband, Repose, 0 - Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
+ The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Heart, Lying, 0 - Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
+ An emperor in his nightcap will not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a crown. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Appearance, Crowns, 0 - Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
+ In two opposite opinions, if one be perfectly reasonable, the other can’t be perfectly right. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Opinion, Opposites, 0 - Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
+ To a philosopher no circumstance, however trifling, is too minute. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Philosopher, Philosophy, 0 - Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
+ Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Lying, 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