Oliver Goldsmith Quotes About Soul

Quotes about: Soul

• There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Simple, Greatness, Generosity

  Oliver Goldsmith (1856). “The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Poems, Comedies, Essays, and Vicar of Wakefield”, p.182

• And the weak soul, within itself unbless'd, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Soul, Weakness, Pleasure

  Oliver Goldsmith, Tobias Smollett, Samuel Johnson, William Shenstone (1861). “Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Tobias Smollett, Samuel Johnson and William Shenstone”, p.9

• If the soul be happily disposed, every thing becomes capable of affording entertainment, and distress will almost want a name.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Names, Soul, Entertainment

  Oliver Goldsmith (1839). “Poems and essays”, p.104

• For praise too dearly lov'd, or warmly sought,
  Enfeebles all internal strength of thought;
  And the weak soul within itself unblest,
  Leans for all pleasure on another's breast.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Soul, Flattery, Praise

  Oliver Goldsmith (1824). “Essays, poems and plays”, p.141

• The soul may be compared to a field of battle, where the armies are ready every moment to encounter. Not a single vice but has a more powerful opponent, and not one virtue but may be overborne by a combination of vices.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Powerful, Army, Soul

  Oliver Goldsmith (1825). “Miscellaneous works”, p.189

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