“Men may be very learned, and yet very miserable; it is easy to be a deep geometrician, or a sublime astronomer, but very difficult to be a good man. I esteem, therefore, the traveller who instructs the heart, but despise him who only indulges the imagination. A man who leaves home to mend himself and others, is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is only a vagabond.” MenHeartMayCountryHomeEasyDifficultImaginationBlindCuriosityPhilosopherEsteemMiserableImpulseGood ManDespiseSublimeIndulgeTravellerAstronomersVagabonds Book:The works of Oliver Goldsmith. 2: Enquiry into the present state of polite learning; The citizen of the world Source: The works of Oliver Goldsmith. 2: Enquiry into the present state of polite learning; The citizen of the world
“If laying aside all worldly Greatness and Vain-Glory, I should be ask'd where I thought it was most probable that Men might enjoy true Happiness, I would prefer a small peaceable Society, in which Men, neither envy'd nor esteem'd by Neighbours, should be contented to live upon the Natural Product of the Spot they inhabit, to a vast Multitude abounding in Wealth and Power, that should always be conquering others by their Arms Abroad, and debauching themselves by Foreign Luxury at Home.” IfsMenShouldHomeMightAsksEnjoyNaturalWealthGreatnessProductsArmsGloryEnvyEsteemSpotsLuxuryConquerVainMultitudesWorldlyNeighbourTrue HappinessConquering Others Book:The Fable of the Bees Source: The Fable of the Bees