As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease. Oliver Goldsmith Read Quote
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. Oliver Goldsmith Read Quote
Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues. Oliver Goldsmith Read Quote
Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better. Oliver Goldsmith Read Quote
Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss! Oliver Goldsmith Read Quote
With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive. Oliver Goldsmith Read Quote
There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. Oliver Goldsmith Read Quote
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition. Oliver Goldsmith Read Quote