523 Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

Amid thy desert-walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries.

The loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.

Those who place their affections at first on trifles for amusement, will find these trifles become at last their most serious concerns.

The malicious sneer is improperly called laughter.

The more various our artificial necessities, the wider is our circle of pleasure; for all pleasure consists in obviating necessities as they rise; luxury, therefore, as it increases our wants, increases our capacity for happiness

There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.

By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain.

All his faults are such that one loves him still the better for them.

Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by.