523 Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?

The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.

Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.