Oliver Goldsmith Quotes about Wealth

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Wealth accumulates, and men decay.

Oliver Goldsmith

Men, Decay, Wealth

The Deserted Village l. 51 (1770)

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

Oliver Goldsmith

Men, Decay, Wealth

And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.

Oliver Goldsmith

Ignorance, Riches, Wealth

'The Deserted Village' (1770) l. 51

But times are alter'd; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain; Along the lawn, where scatter'd hamlets rose, Unwieldy wealth and cumbrous pomp repose.

Oliver Goldsmith

Land, Rose, Wealth

Oliver Goldsmith, Sir James Prior (1851). “The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: Including a Variety of Pieces Now First Collected”, p.66