523 Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

Girls like to be played with and rumpled a little too sometimes.

Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.

They say women and music should never be dated.

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.