Quote #32
That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.
More from Oliver Goldsmith
- Handsome is that handsome does.
- I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too.
- We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors.
- Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
- I...chose a wife, as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well.
- She was all of a muck of sweat.
- A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.
- They would talk of nothing but high life, and high-lived company, with other fashionable topics, such as pictures, taste, Shakespeare, and …