Oliver Goldsmith Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: November 10, 1730 - April 4, 1774
Birthday: November 10
Death: April 4
There is nothing magnanimous in bearing misfortunes with fortitude, when the whole world is looking on.... He who, without friends to encourage or even without hope to alleviate his misfortunes, can behave with tranquility and indifference, is truly great.
source: Oliver Goldsmith (1825). “A History of the Earth: And Animated Nature”, p.870
topic: Strength, World, Indifference, Without Friends, Magnanimous
