Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It 's like sending …

Oliver Goldsmith
175 citations
Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt. ✨ Oliver Goldsmith (1854). The works of Oliver Goldsmith. 1: Poetical works; Dramas; The vicar of Wakefield, p.58
Reflection
8

More Author Quotes

As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us. ✨ Oliver Goldsmith (2012). She Stoops to Conquer, p.43, Courier Corporation
Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
Why was this heart of mine formed with so much sensibility! Or why not my fortune adapted to its impulses! Tenderness without a capacity of relieving only makes the man who feels it more wretched tha … ▶
Honour sinks where commerce long prevails. ✨ Oliver Goldsmith (1825). A History of the Earth: And Animated Nature, p.844
True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed on us by law. ✨ Oliver Goldsmith (1856). The Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Comprising His Poems, Comedies, Essays, and Vicar of Wake … ▶

Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt; It 's like sending them ruffles when wanting a shirt. ✨ Oliver Goldsmith (1854). The works of Oliver Goldsmith. 1: Poetical works; Dramas; The vicar of Wakefield, p.58

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes