“Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man.”
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Famous Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
“Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.”
“The bounds of a man's knowledge are easily concealed, if he has but prudence.”
“A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another.”
“Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain.”
“One man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and the other with a wooden ladle.”
“Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.”
“Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.”
“I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing.”
“Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile.”
“Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.”
“The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad, and bit the man.”
“A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.”
“Measures, not men, have always been my mark.”
“Could a man live by it, it were not unpleasant employment to be a poet.”
“A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.”
“The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.”
