“But a compact that is false between two men is
equally so between an hundred, or an hundred thousand; for as ten millions of
circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the
smallest foundation to falsehood.”—Anglo-Irish novelist-poet-playwright Oliver
Goldsmith (1728-1774), The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Quote of the Day (Oliver Goldsmith, on Crowds and Falsehood)
“But a compact that is false between two men is
equally so between an hundred, or an hundred thousand; for as ten millions of
circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the
smallest foundation to falsehood.”—Anglo-Irish novelist-poet-playwright Oliver
Goldsmith (1728-1774), The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
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