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.
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting
'Twas only that when he was off, he was acting.
On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting
'Twas only that when he was off, he was acting.
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.'
Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.
Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.
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.
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.]
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
Nobody with me at sea but myself.
Nobody with me at sea but myself.
A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.
Heroes themselves had fallen behind!
--Whene'er he went before.
