In arguing, too, the parson own'd his skill,
For even though vanquished he could argue still.
Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
1728–1774 Ireland
Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and physician.
- Ireland
- Essayists
- Novelists
- Playwrights
- Poets
Also known as: Goldsmith, Oliver
203 quotes
While words of learned length and thundering sound
Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around.
The Deserted Village (1770)
Remembrance wakes with all her busy train,
Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain.
Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose,
Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes.
The Traveller (1764)
To husband out life's taper at the close,
And keep the flames from wasting by repose.
The Deserted Village (1770)
Round its breast the rolling clouds are spread,
Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
The Deserted Village (1770)
A nightcap decked his brows instead of bay,
A cap by night — a stocking all the day!
Description of an Author's Bedchamber (1760)
A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay,
A cap by night,—a stocking all the day.
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.
The Bee (1759)
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
The Art of Poetry on a New Plan (1761)
The sigh that rends thy constant heart
Shall break thy Edwin's too.
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain.
By the living jingo, she was all of a muck of sweat.
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel.
The Traveller (1764)
Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.
The Good-Natur'd Man (1768)
The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind,
And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
The Deserted Village (1770)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Oliver Goldsmith (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.