Quotes by Goldsmith, Oliver

Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, that found me poor at firs >>

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler vi >>

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry. >>

Quotations about Aristocracy

A degenerate nobleman is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him b >>

Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has los >>

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut >>

I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.

Goldsmith, Oliver