To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art.
Oliver GoldsmithThe volumes of antiquity, like medals, may very well serve to amuse the curious, but the works of the moderns, like the current coin of a kingdom, are much better for immediate use.
Oliver GoldsmithIt is impossible to combat enthusiasm with reason; for though it makes a show of resistance, it soon eludes the pressure, refers you to distinctions not to be understood, and feelings which it cannot explain. A man who would endeavor to fix an enthusiast by argument might as well attempt to spread quicksilver with his finger.
Oliver GoldsmithIn two opposite opinions, if one be perfectly reasonable, the other can't be perfectly right.
Oliver Goldsmith