Quote #7

For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.

More from Oliver Goldsmith

  1. You may all go to pot.
  2. One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index.
  3. [To Mr. Johnson] If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
  4. As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.
  5. There is no arguing with Johnson: for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
  6. Good people all, with one acord, Lament for Madame Blaize, Who never wanted a good word - From those who spoke her praise.
  7. Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
  8. That strain once more; it bids remembrance rise.

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