Oliver Goldsmith ( 10 of 116 )
Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale,
And guide my lonely way
To where you taper cheers the read more
Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale,
And guide my lonely way
To where you taper cheers the vale
With hospitable ray.
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.'
Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.'
The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.
Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.
The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor,
The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door;
The chest read more
The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor,
The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door;
The chest contriv'd a double debt to pay,
A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.
Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,
I see the lords of humankind pass by.
Pride in their port, defiance in their eye,
I see the lords of humankind pass by.
I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing.
[Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]
I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing.
[Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]
Aromatic plants bestow
No spicy fragrance while they grow;
But crush'd or trodden to the ground,
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Aromatic plants bestow
No spicy fragrance while they grow;
But crush'd or trodden to the ground,
Diffuse their balmy sweets around.
