Zitate von Oliver Goldsmith
Ein bekanntes Zitat von Oliver Goldsmith:
Die Dummheit anderer erscheint denen am lächerlichsten, die selbst am dümmsten sind.
Informationen über Oliver Goldsmith
Schriftsteller, Theologe, Arzt (England, 1728 - 1774).
Oliver Goldsmith · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Oliver Goldsmith wäre heute 295 Jahre, 5 Monate, 9 Tage oder 107.907 Tage alt.
Geboren am 10.11.1728
Gestorben am 04.04.1774
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Weitere 115 Zitate von Oliver Goldsmith
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The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
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The jests of the rich are ever successful.
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The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died.
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The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes.
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The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
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The united voice of millions cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood.
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The very pink of perfection.
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The village all declared how much he knew; 'Twas certain he could write and cypher too.
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The virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.
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The watchdog's voice that bayed the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
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The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed at night, a chest of drawers by day.
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The wise sometimes condescend to accept of titles; but none but a fool would imagine them of any real importance. We ought to depend upon intrinsic merit, and not on the slender helps of a title.
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The work of eradicating crimes is not by making punishment familiar, but formidable.
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There is an unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student.
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There is no arguing with Johnson; for when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
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There is nothing magnanimous in bearing misfortunes with fortitude, when the whole world is looking on . . . He who, without friends to encourage or even without hope to alleviate his misfortunes, can behave with tranquility and indifference, is truly great.
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This is Liberty-Hall, gentlemen.
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This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.
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Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.
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To be poor, and seem to be poor, is a certain way never to rise.