Zitate von Oliver Goldsmith
Ein bekanntes Zitat von Oliver Goldsmith:
Gesetze schinden die Armen, und die Reichen beherrschen die Gesetze.
Informationen über Oliver Goldsmith
Schriftsteller, Theologe, Arzt (England, 1728 - 1774).
Oliver Goldsmith · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Oliver Goldsmith wäre heute 295 Jahre, 5 Monate, 10 Tage oder 107.908 Tage alt.
Geboren am 10.11.1728
Gestorben am 04.04.1774
Sternzeichen: ♏ Skorpion
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Weitere 115 Zitate von Oliver Goldsmith
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Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting; 'Twas only that when he was off he was acting.
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Our Garrick's a salad; for in him we see Oil, vinegar, sugar, and saltness agree.
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Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.
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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after.
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Philosophy can add to our happiness in no other manner but by diminishing our misery; it should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of. Happy were we all born philosophers; all born with a talent of thus dissipating our own cares by spreading them upon all mankind.
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Politeness, is the result of good sense and good nature.
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Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by.
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Silence gives consent.
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Silence is become his mother tongue.
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Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, His first, best country ever is, at home.
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Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain, Where health and plenty cheered the labouring swain.
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That dire disease, whose ruthless power Withers the beauty's transient flower.
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The doctor found, when she was dead, - Her last disorder mortal.
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The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man.
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The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
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The first blow is half the battle.
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The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing.
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The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man that comes to relieve it.