Oliver Goldsmith Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.”

“I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.”

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

“Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.”

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

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

“Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.”

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

“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?”

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