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Death when unmasked shows us a friendly face and is a terror only at a distance.

Oliver Goldsmith

Death, Distance, Friendly

Oliver Goldsmith, David Masson (1869). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith”, p.693

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Good counsel rejected returns to enrich the givers bosom.

Oliver Goldsmith

Return, Giver, Rejected

Oliver Goldsmith (1837). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces”, p.149

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Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day's disasters in his morning face.

Oliver Goldsmith

Teacher, Morning, Teaching

'The Deserted Village' (1770) l. 197

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We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown.

Oliver Goldsmith

Retirement, Adventure, Fire

'The Vicar of Wakefield' (1766) ch. 1

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Fear guides more than gratitude.

Oliver Goldsmith

Gratitude, Fear, Guides

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A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.

Oliver Goldsmith

Book, Errors, Dull

Oliver Goldsmith (1806). “The Vicar of Wakefield”, p.13

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Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain.

Oliver Goldsmith

Sweet, Auburn, Village

'The Deserted Village' (1770) l. 1

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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

Book, Reading, Desire

Oliver Goldsmith, David Masson (1869). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith”, p.391

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Good people all, with one accord, Lament for Madam Blaize, Who never wanted a good word From those who spoke her praise.

Oliver Goldsmith

People, Praise, Spokes

Oliver Goldsmith (1850). “Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield, Citizen of the world, Poetical works, etc”, p.111

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So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.

Oliver Goldsmith

Country, Mountain, Loud

Oliver Goldsmith (1851). “The Traveller”, p.7

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

Oliver Goldsmith

Anxiety, Simple Life, Comfort

Oliver Goldsmith (1833). “Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With a New Life of the Author”, p.178

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And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.

Oliver Goldsmith

Ignorance, Riches, Wealth

'The Deserted Village' (1770) l. 51

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Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity.

Oliver Goldsmith

Integrity, Understanding, Ethics

Oliver Goldsmith (1803). “The Beauties of Goldsmith, Or, The Complete Treasury of Genius: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author”, p.106

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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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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.

Oliver Goldsmith

Simple, Acting, Natural

'Retaliation' (1774) l. 101 (on Garrick)

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In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stagecoach.

Oliver Goldsmith

Time, Towns, Faster

Oliver Goldsmith (1834). “Life. Commendatory verses. Poems. Plays. Letters. Memorandums of agreement between Dr. Goldsmith and Thomas Davies, bookseller”, p.234

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

Oliver Goldsmith

Hope, Future, Views

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As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us.

Oliver Goldsmith

Life, Mother, Lost Love

Oliver Goldsmith (2012). “She Stoops to Conquer”, p.43, Courier Corporation

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Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
His first best country ever is at home.

Oliver Goldsmith

Country, Home, Patriotic

The Traveller l. 73 (1764)

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Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.

Oliver Goldsmith

Men, Land, Decay

1770 The Deserted Village, l.51-6.

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As few subjects are more interesting to society, so few have been more frequently written upon than the education of youth.

Oliver Goldsmith

Education, Science, Interesting

Oliver Goldsmith (1844). “Poems, Plays and Essays”, p.279

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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

Color, Romance, Taste

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All the sciences are, in some measure, linked with each other, and before the one is ended, the other begins.

Oliver Goldsmith

Science, Accounts, Linked

Oliver Goldsmith (1824). “A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature”, p.4

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The world is like a vast sea: mankind like a vessel sailing on its tempestuous bosom. ... [T]he sciences serve us for oars.

Oliver Goldsmith

Science, Sea, Sailing

Oliver Goldsmith (1824). “Letters from a Citizen of the World to His Friends in the East ...”, p.120

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We may affirm of Mr. Buffon, that which has been said of the chemists of old; though he may have failed in attaining his principal aim, of establishing a theory, yet he has brought together such a multitude of facts relative to the history of the earth, and the nature of its fossil productions, that curiosity finds ample compensation, even while it feels the want of conviction.

Oliver Goldsmith

Nature, Science, Curiosity

Oliver Goldsmith (1847). “A history of the earth and animated nature, with an intr. view of the animal kingdom tr. from the Fr. of baron Cuvier, notes [and] a life of the author by W. Irving”, p.73

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Born: November 10, 1730
Died: April 4, 1774
Occupation: Novelist
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