523 Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith

An emperor in his nightcap will not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a glittering crown.

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

Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain, / Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain.

Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, his first, best country ever is, at home.

A man he was to all the country dear, / And passing rich with forty pounds a year; / Remote from town he ran his Godly grace, / Nor e'er had changed nor wished to change his place.

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by a blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.

The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, / Sat by his fire, and talk'd the night away; / Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, / Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.

Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, / And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.

Our greatest glory consist not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.