“In arguing one should meet serious pleading with humor, and humor with serious pleading.”
Quote by Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet, and physician. He is best known for his novel 'The Vicar of Wakefield' and his plays 'She Stoops to Conquer' and 'The Good-Natur'd Man'. Goldsmith's works are characterized by their wit, humor, and moral depth. more
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“Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay.”
Source: The works of Oliver Goldsmith: Vicar of Wakefield, select poems and comedies, with intr., notes and a life by J.F. Waller
“Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man.”
Source: The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Miscellaneous poems. The good-natured man. She stoops to conquer; or, the Mistakes of a night. An oratorio. Prefaces. [Criticisms
“Age, that lessens the enjoyment of life, increases our desire of living”
Source: Poems, Plays and Essays
Source: The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.: Including a Variety of Pieces
Source: The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Poems, Comedies, Essays, and Vicar of Wakefield
Source: The Miscellaneous Works: The bee. Essays. An inquiry into the present state of polite learning in Europe. Prefaces and introductions
“I hate the French because they are all slaves and wear wooden shoes.”
Source: The bee. Essays. Unacknowledged essays. Prefaces, Introductions, etc
“Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.”
Source: Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Tobias Smollett, Samuel Johnson and William Shenstone
“Thus 'tis with all; their chief and constant care Is to seem everything but what they are.”
Source: The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith