Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmithwas an Irish novelist, playwright and poet, who is best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield, his pastoral poem The Deserted Village, and his plays The Good-Natur'd Manand She Stoops to Conquer. He is thought to have written the classic children's tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth10 November 1730
CountryIreland
students pleasure unspeakable
There is unspeakable pleasure attending the life of a voluntary student.
peppers callous please
Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please.
imagination entertainment taste
Taste is the power of relishing or rejecting whatever is offered for the entertainment of the imagination.
ridiculous foolish folly
The folly of others is ever most ridiculous to those who are themselves most foolish.
contempt englishmen
An Englishman fears contempt more than death.
display universal incredulity
Nothing is so contemptible as that affectation of wisdom, which some display, by universal incredulity.
fortune industry
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
woe poverty firsts
Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.
geek conquer should
They say women and music should never be dated.
thank-you pain want
Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair.
whales littles fishes
If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
volcanoes size may
A volcano may be considered as a cannon of immense size.
heirs world creation
Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine!
nice proud
Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit.