John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4370 Oliver Goldsmith 1730?-1774 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4370 |
| AUTHOR: | Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774) |
| QUOTATION: | The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Bee. No. iii. Oct. 20, 1759. |
| Note 1. See Young, Quotation 64. [back] |