What did Oliver Goldsmith mean by: Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centers in the mind. Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland Copy
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
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Persuasion, Transformation, Truth, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
While selfishness joins hands with no one of the virtues, benevolence is allied to them all. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Benevolence, Selfishness, Virtues, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel. Author, December 23, 2023December 29, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Value, Vigilance, Virtue, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Argumentation, Balance, Perspective, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found’st me poor at first, and keep’st me so. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Fate, Love, Poverty, 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
They please, are pleas’d, they give to get esteem Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Oliver Goldsmith, Deception, Esteem, Pleasure, 0 Oliver Goldsmith Playwright and novelist · Ireland
Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Art is only the search, it is not the final form. It’s unlimited, it’s forever. Gary Busey Actor · USA
