What did Oliver Goldsmith mean by: Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland Copy
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
To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Character, Grooming, Social class, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
A man’s own heart must ever be given to gain that of another. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Connection, Empathy, Trust, 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
In two opposite opinions, if one be perfectly reasonable, the other can’t be perfectly right. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Reasonable, Truth, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
Let observation with observant view, Observe mankind from China to Peru. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Diversity, Humanity, Observation, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day’s disasters in his morning face. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Anticipation, Fear, Understanding, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
If you don’t ask me questions, I can’t give you an untrue answer. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Communication, Honesty, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art’s only concern with the real is to abolish it, and to substitute for it a new reality Jean Rousset
Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection. Read explanation Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
