523 Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

He makes a very handsome corpse and becomes his coffin prodigiously.

The soul may be compared to a field of battle, where the armies are ready every moment to encounter. Not a single vice but has a more powerful opponent, and not one virtue but may be overborne by a combination of vices.

This is that eloquence the ancients represented as lightning, bearing down every opposer; this the power which has turned whole assemblies into astonishment, admiration and awe- - that is described by the torrent, the flame, and every other instance of irresistible impetuosity.

Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravelled, fondly turns to thee; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.

A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.

I can't say whether we had more wit among us now than usual, but I am certain we had more laughing, which answered the end as well.

All the sciences are, in some measure, linked with each other, and before the one is ended, the other begins.

The first blow is half the battle.

O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree!