Oliver Goldsmith Quotes about Ignorance

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Prudery is ignorance.

Oliver Goldsmith

Ignorance

And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.

Oliver Goldsmith

Ignorance, Riches, Wealth

'The Deserted Village' (1770) l. 51

A French woman is a perfect architect in dress: she never, with Gothic ignorance, mixes the orders; she never tricks out a snobby Doric shape with Corinthian finery; or, to speak without metaphor, she conforms to general fashion only when it happens not to be repugnant to private beauty.

Oliver Goldsmith

Fashion, Ignorance, Order

"On the Ladies' Passion for Levelling All Distinction of Dress". Essay by Oliver Goldsmith,

Paltry affectation, strained allusions, and disgusting finery are easily attained by those who choose to wear them; they are but too frequently the badges of ignorance or of stupidity, whenever it would endeavor to please.

Oliver Goldsmith

Ignorance, Stupidity, Endeavor

Oliver Goldsmith (1819). “Letters From A Citizen Of The World: To His Friends In The East”, p.135