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
itself pleasure weakest within
The weakest soul, within itself unblest, Leans for all pleasure on another's breast
dangerous
It's a damned long, boggy, dirty, dangerous way.
defiance eye human lords pass pride
Pride in their port, defiance in their eye I see the Lords of human kind pass by.
disorder doctor doctors last
The doctor found, when she was dead, her last disorder mortal.
mere
I'm now no more than a mere lodger in my own house.
pleasant
An abridgement of all that was pleasant in man.
cast knew pleased whistle
He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, for he knew when he pleased he could whistle them back.
modesty virtue breasts
Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
champion absurdity
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
addresses sincerity silent
A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.
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.