Quotes by Goldsmith, Oliver

People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, >>

Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observi >>

Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have wri >>

Quotations about Philosophers and Philosophy

If I wished to punish a province, I would have it governed by philosop >>

There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of >>

Existentialism is about being a saint without God; being your own hero >>

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would undertake to persuade the whole public of readers to believe that the sun was neither the cause of light or heat, if he could only get six philosophers on his side.

Goldsmith, Oliver