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Schriftsteller, Theologe, Arzt (England, 1728 - 1774).

Oliver Goldsmith · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

Oliver Goldsmith wäre heute 295 Jahre, 5 Monate, 8 Tage oder 107.906 Tage alt.

Geboren am 10.11.1728
Gestorben am 04.04.1774
Sternzeichen: ♏ Skorpion

• True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed on us by law.

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• Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.

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• Want of prudence is too frequently the want of virtue.

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• Was there ever such a cross-grained brute?

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• We must touch his weaknesses with a delicate hand. There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence, that we can scarce weed out the fault without eradicating the virtue.

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• Whatever mitigates the woes, or increases the happiness of others, is a just criterion of goodness; and whatever injures society at large, or any individual in it, is a criterion of iniquity.

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• When lovely woman stoops to folly And finds too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away?

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• When they talked of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet, and only took snuff.

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• Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravelled fondly turns to thee; Still to my brother turns with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.

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• Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining; Though equal to all things, for all things unfit, Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit.

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• Wisdom makes but a slow defense against trouble, though at last a sure one.

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• You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

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• You, that are going to be married, think things can never be done too fast; but we, that are old, and know what we are about, must elope methodically, madam.

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• [. . .] le pays - Où s'accumule la richesse, mais où dépérit l'homme.

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• L'adulation s'attache toujours à l'ambition; car c'est de toutes les passions celle à qui la flatterie fait le plus de plaisir.

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