Oliver Goldsmith

A boy will learn more true wisdom in a public school in a year than by a private education in five. It is not from masters, but from their equals, that youth learn a knowledge of the world.

Oliver Goldsmith

A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.

Oliver Goldsmith

Ask me no questions, and I’ll tell you no fibs.

Oliver Goldsmith

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity.

Oliver Goldsmith

If one wishes to become rich they must appear rich.

Oliver Goldsmith

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.

Oliver Goldsmith

None but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.

Oliver Goldsmith

Our chief comforts often produce our greatest anxieties, and that an increase of our possessions is but an inlet to new disquietudes.

Oliver Goldsmith

Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure.

Oliver Goldsmith

Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.

Oliver Goldsmith