Oliver Goldsmith Quotes About Art

Quotes about: Art

• Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity; it is that which gives value to every character. The ignorant peasant, without fault, is greater than the philosopher with many; for what is genius or courage without a heart?

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Inspirational, Art, Integrity

  "The Vicar of Wakefield".

• And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Art, Sky, Bird

  Oliver Goldsmith (1858). “Goldsmith's Deserted village, with remarks on the analysis of sentences, exercises in parsing, notes ... and a life of the poet ... By Walter M'Leod”, p.64

• To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Art, Simplicity, Charm

  Oliver Goldsmith, Walter MACLEOD (of the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea.) (1858). “Goldsmith's Deserted village, with remarks on the analysis of sentences, exercises in parsing, notes ... and a life of the poet ... By Walter M'Leod”, p.71

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

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Fashion, Art, Joy

  1770 The Deserted Village, l.263-4.

• 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?

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Love, Art, Betrayal

  The Vicar of Wakefield ch. 29 (1766)

• It is not easy to recover an art when once lost.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Art, Easy, Lost

  Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior (1856). “The Miscellaneous Works: The bee. Essays. An inquiry into the present state of polite learning in Europe. Prefaces and introductions”, p.380

• For the first time, the best may err, art may persuade, and novelty spread out its charms. The first fault is the child of simplicity; but every other the offspring of guilt.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Art, Children, Simplicity

  Oliver Goldsmith (1840). “The vicar of Wakefield, accentuirt mit Wörterbuche von K.R. Schaub”, p.89

• Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Art, Salt, Harm

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