Quotes by Goldsmith, Oliver

Who can direct when all pretend to know? >>

If frugality were established in the state, and if our expenses were l >>

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

Quotations about Ability

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. >>

Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are g >>

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their gr >>

Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones.

Goldsmith, Oliver