The polite of every country seem to have but one character. A gentleman of Sweden differs but little, except in trifles, from one of any other country. It is among the vulgar we are to find those distinctions which characterize a people.


Essays and criticisms... (ed. 1798)

Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

The polite of every country seem to have but one character. A gentleman of Sweden differs but little, except in trifles, from one of any other...

The polite of every country seem to have but one character. A gentleman of Sweden differs but little, except in trifles, from one of any other...

The polite of every country seem to have but one character. A gentleman of Sweden differs but little, except in trifles, from one of any other...

The polite of every country seem to have but one character. A gentleman of Sweden differs but little, except in trifles, from one of any other...