523 Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

There are a hundred faults in this Thing and a hundred things might be said to prove them beauties.

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence, that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

Wealth accumulates, and men decay.

Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's side.

Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie.

Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt.

I chose my wife as she did her wedding-gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well.

Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.

Pity, though it may often relieve, is but, at best, a short-lived passion, and seldom affords distress more than transitory assistance; with some it scarce lasts from the first impulse till the hand can be put into the pocket.