Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.
Interpretation
What this quote means
As more writers emerge, readers tend to seek knowledge with less effort.
This quote by Oliver Goldsmith highlights a trend in literature and education where the increasing number of writers leads readers to prefer easier and more accessible ways of gaining knowledge. As content becomes readily available, the inclination for readers is to seek out simpler routes to understanding, potentially at the expense of deeper engagement and critical thinking.
Themes
WritingReadingKnowledgeEducationEffort
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about the challenges of education in the digital age, this quote could be used to illustrate how ease of access affects engagement.
More from Oliver Goldsmith
All quotes βA mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a character from posterity.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Hope, like the gleaming taper's light,_x000D_ _x000D_ Adorns and cheers our way;_x000D_ _x000D_ And still, as darker grows the night,_x000D_ _x000D_ Emits a brighter ray.
Oliver GoldsmithRead
Similar quotes
As more people become more intelligent they care less for preachers and more for teachers.
Robert Green IngersollRead
My education was neglected, yet I was passionately fond of reading.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRead
The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for their own sake. They expand our freedom to lead the lives we have reason to value, and these elementary capabilities are of importance on their own
Amartya SenRead
I am not conscious of working especially hard, or of 'working' at all. Writing and teaching have always been, for me, so richly rewarding that I don't think of them as work in the usual sense of the word.
Joyce Carol OatesRead
Some people read so little they have rickets of the mind.
Jim RohnRead
We will not find the solution to problems of violence, alienation, ignorance, and unhappiness in increasing our security, imposing more tests, punishing schools for their failure to produce 100 percent proficiency, or demanding that teachers be knowledgeable in the subjects they teach. Instead, we must allow teachers and students to interact as whole persons, and we must develop policies that treat the school as a whole community.
Nel NoddingsRead