Oliver Goldsmith Quotes About Excellence

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  • Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a character from posterity.

    Oliver Goldsmith (1834). “An inquiry into the present state of polite learning. The Bee. History of Cyrillo Padovano. Life of Dr. Parnell. Life of Lord Bolingbroke. Prefaces and introductions”, p.11
  • There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

    'The Good-Natured Man' (1768) act 1
  • 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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