A Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.

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Love Saint Patrick's Day Books Everything Friends Manners Old Old Books Old Friend Old Friends Old Man Old Time Old Wine Times Wine

Quote Author

Oliver Goldsmith
Irish - Novelist
November 10, 1730 - April 4, 1774

Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burn brightest, old linen wash whitest? Old soldiers, sweethearts, are surest, and old lovers are soundest.

John Webster

Old books, old wine, old Nankin blue;- All things, in short, to which belong The charm, the grace that Time makes strong, All these I prize, but (entre nous) Old friends are best!

Henry Austin Dobson

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

Athenaeus

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

Francis Bacon

What find you better or more honourable than age? Take the preheminence of it in everything, in an old friend, in old wine, in an old pedigree.

Shackerley Marmion

Old friends, like old shoes, are comfortable. But old shoes, unlike old friends, tend not to be supportive: it is easier to stumble and sprain an ankle while wearing a pair of old shoes than it is in new shoes, with their less yielding leather.

Alexander McCall Smith

Home. It's being new and old all rolled into one. Measuring your new against old friends, old ways, old places, Knowing that as long as the old survives, you can keep changing as much as you want without the nightmare of waking up to a total stranger.

Gloria Naylor

... old clothes, old friends, old books. One needs constants in a traveling life.

Dorothy Gilman

Other people, including me, have written books with main characters who were old and rich. Or old and brilliant. Old sages, old wizards, old rich people.

Elizabeth Moon

There are three things that grow more precious with age; old wood to burn, old books to read, and old friends to enjoy.

Henry Ford

It was an old, old, old, old lady, And a boy who was half-past three; And the way they played together Was beautiful to see.

Henry Cuyler Bunner

Doubt is an old disease. Faith is an old medicine. Compassion is an old doctor. Concern is an old nurse.

Sri Chinmoy

I've got two old Volvos, two old Subarus, and an old Ford Ranger. If you've got an old car, you've gotta have at least several old cars, 'cause one's always gonna be in the garage.

Rip Torn

I will never joke about old soldiers who try to get to reunions to talk over the war again. To talk of old times with old friends is the greatest thing in the world.