7 Oliver Goldsmith Quotes on Society

Oliver Goldsmith quotes on society

22. They please, are pleased, they give to get esteem, Till, seeming blest, they grow to what they seem.

24. Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by.

38. The naked every day he clad When he put on his clothes.

51. Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay; Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.

63. Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round.

66. And, ev'n while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy.

69. In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stagecoach.