523 Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

The life of a scholar seldom abounds with adventure.

Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair.

To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service.

The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.

If you don't ask me questions, I can't give you an untrue answer.

Crimes generally punish themselves.

True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed on us by law.

There is unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student.

They liked the book better the more it made them cry.