Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1730 or 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770) (written in memory of his brother), and his plays The Good-Natur'd Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). (He is also thought to have...

Date of birth:

  • Nov 10, 1730

Date of death:

  • Apr 4, 1774

Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

  • “ No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.

  • “ For he that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day, but he, who is in battle slain, can never rise and fight again.

  • “ To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service.

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