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Quotations By Oliver Goldsmith


Adversity
Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around.

Age
How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labor with an age of ease.

Evil
Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.

Excellence
To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service.

Hope
Hope, like the gleaming taper's light, adorns and cheers our way; and still, as darker grows the night, emits a brighter ray. -- Oliver Goldsmith

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

Joy
And, e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy,
The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.