187 ordspråk av Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith föddes den November 10th 1730 och dog den 4 April 1774 - Irish writer
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 And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew. |
| And, all his prospects brightening to the last, / His heaven commences ere the world be past! |
| Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around. |
| As a wit, if not first, in the very first line. |
| As for disappointing them, I should not so much mind; but I can't abide to disappoint myself. |
| As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure. But there's no love lost between us. |
| As I take my shoes from the shoemaker, and my coat from the tailor, so I take my religion from the priest |
| As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease. |
| As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent. |
| Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. |
| Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, / With blossomed furze unprofitably gay. |
| But in his duty prompt at every call, he watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. |
| By the living jingo, she was all of a muck of sweat. |
| Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same. |
| Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse |
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Proverb (1469552 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
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Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
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