What did Oliver Goldsmith mean by: People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy. Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland Copy
How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labour with an age of ease! Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Contentment, Labor, Reward, 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
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
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
In proportion as society refines, new books must ever become more necessary. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Culture, Education, Progress, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Appearance, Modesty, Perception, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Attitude, Resilience, Stoicism, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
To a philosopher no circumstance, however trifling, is too minute. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Detail, Importance, Philosophy, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
