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Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith was an Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, and hack writer. He produced literary works in a variety of genres and is considered one of the most versatile writers of the Georgian era. His works are known for their realistic depictions of British society, and his comedy plays for the English stage are considered second in importance only to those of playwright William Shakespeare. Credited with introducing sentimentalism in English literature in 18th-century Great Britain, several of Goldsmith's publications are popular classics of the period, including his only novel, The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), and the comedy play She Stoops to Conquer (1773).
If the soul be happily disposed, everything becomes a subject of entertainment, and distress will almost want a name.
Tags: disposition, emotional resilience, entertainment, gratitude, happiness, inner life, mindset, optimism, perspective, serenity, stoicism, subjectivity, well-being
Every occurrence passes in review like the figures of procession : some may be awkward, others ill dressed; but none but a fool is for this enraged with the master of the ceremonies.
Tags: acceptance, composure, equanimity, fate, forbearance, judgement, life, patience, perspective, reason, restraint, stoicism, tolerance, wisdom
Everything furnished him with an opportunity of mirth; and though some thought of him from his insensibility a fool, he was such an idiot as philosophers might wish in vain to imitate.
Tags: cheerfulness, contentment, happiness, humor, innocence, joy, mirth, misjudgement, optimism, perspective,
The world, in short, may cry out at a bankrupt who appears at a hall; at an author who laughs at the public which pronounces him a dunce; at a general who smiles at the reproach of the vulgar, or the lady who keeps her good humor in spite of scandal; but such is the wisest behavior they can possibly assume; it is certainly a better way to oppose calamity by dissipation, than to take up the arms of reason or resolution to oppose it: by the first method we forget our miseries, by the last we only conceal them from others; by struggling with misfortunes we are sure to receive some wounds in the conflict.
Tags: adversity, cheerfulness, contentment, emotional resilience, equanimity, happiness, humor, misfortune, optimism, perspective, optimism
The only method to come off victorious is by running away.
Tags: avoidance, conflict, prudence, realism, restraint, self-preservation, strategy, survival, tactical, wisdom