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Sydney Smith quotes: Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face. Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face.
Sydney Smith quotes: Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship. Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
Sydney Smith quotes: As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen. As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.
Sydney Smith quotes: Oh, don't tell me of facts, I never believe facts; you know, [George] Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures. Oh, don't tell me of facts, I never believe facts; you know, [George] Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures.
Sydney Smith quotes: Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the offense, rather than at the time. Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the offense, rather than at the time.
Sydney Smith quotes: How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is "I will see you in the vestry after service." How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is "I will see you in the vestry after service."
Sydney Smith quotes: What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion! What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!
Sydney Smith quotes: Heaven never helps the men who will not act. Heaven never helps the men who will not act.
Sydney Smith quotes: Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in. Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.
Sydney Smith quotes: Many in this world run after felicity like an absent man hunting for his hat, while all the time it is on his head or in his hand. Many in this world run after felicity like an absent man hunting for his hat, while all the time it is on his head or in his hand.
Sydney Smith quotes: Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory. Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory.
Sydney Smith quotes: No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior. No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.
Sydney Smith quotes: It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can. It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can.
Sydney Smith quotes: Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible. Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.
Sydney Smith quotes: We know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today We know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today
Sydney Smith quotes: What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors? What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?
Sydney Smith quotes: Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient. Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.
Sydney Smith quotes: Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due. Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.
Sydney Smith quotes: Some men have only one book in them, others a library. Some men have only one book in them, others a library.
Sydney Smith quotes: No furniture is so charming as books. No furniture is so charming as books.
Sydney Smith quotes: When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces on me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces on me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool
Sydney Smith quotes: Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come. Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come.
Sydney Smith quotes: Married couples resemble a pair of scissors, often moving in opposite directions, yet punishing anyone who gets in between them Married couples resemble
a pair of scissors,
often moving in opposite directions, yet punishing anyone who gets in between them
Sydney Smith quotes: Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time. Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.
Sydney Smith quotes: Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out. Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.
Sydney Smith quotes: The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than anything else in housekeeping. The dearest things in the world
are our neighbor's eyes;
they cost everybody more
than anything else in housekeeping.
Sydney Smith quotes: I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury. I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Sydney Smith quotes: Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect. Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.
Sydney Smith quotes: Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up. Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up.
Sydney Smith quotes: Live always in the best company when you read. Live always in the best company when you read.
Sydney Smith quotes: Mankind are always happy for having happiness. So if you make them happy now, you make them happy twenty years from now by the memory of it. Mankind are always happy for having happiness. So if you make them happy now, you make them happy twenty years from now by the memory of it.
Sydney Smith quotes: What two ideas are more inseparable than beer and Britannia? What two ideas are more inseparable than beer and Britannia?
Sydney Smith quotes: Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense. Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.
Sydney Smith quotes: The two women exchanged the type of glance women use when there is no knife handy. The two women exchanged the type of glance women use when there is no knife handy.
Sydney Smith quotes: He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop. He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.
Sydney Smith quotes: What you don't know would make a great book. What you don't know would make a great book.
Sydney Smith quotes: Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea. Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.
Sydney Smith quotes: In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.
Sydney Smith quotes: A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage
Sydney Smith quotes: When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature. When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.
Sydney Smith quotes: If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth. If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth.
Sydney Smith quotes: Take short views, hope for the best and trust in God. Take short views, hope for the best and trust in God.
Sydney Smith quotes: A life of knowledge is not often a life of injury and crime. A life of knowledge is not often a life of injury and crime.
Sydney Smith quotes: Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed. Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.
Sydney Smith quotes: To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight. To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight.
Sydney Smith quotes: Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
Sydney Smith quotes: All musical people seem to be happy. It is the engrossing pursuit, - almost the only innocent and unpunished passion. All musical people seem to be happy.
It is the engrossing pursuit, -
almost the only innocent and
unpunished passion.
Sydney Smith quotes: Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach. Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.
Sydney Smith quotes: Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love, and to be loved, is the greatest happiness of existence. Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love, and to be loved, is the greatest happiness of existence.
Sydney Smith quotes: Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones. Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.
Sydney Smith quotes: Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done. Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.
Sydney Smith quotes: I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so. I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so.
Sydney Smith quotes: Heat, ma am! It was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones. Heat, ma am! It was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.
Sydney Smith quotes: You will find people ready enough to do the Samaritan without the oil and twopence. You will find people ready enough to do the Samaritan without the oil and twopence.
Sydney Smith quotes: I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland. I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.
Sydney Smith quotes: Scotland: That garret of the earth - that knuckle-end of England - that land of Calvin, oatcakes, and sulfur. Scotland: That garret of the earth - that knuckle-end of England - that land of Calvin, oatcakes, and sulfur.
Sydney Smith quotes: A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand. A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.
Sydney Smith quotes: A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.
Sydney Smith quotes: I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so. I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so.
Sydney Smith quotes: I always fear that creation will expire before teatime. I always fear that creation will expire before teatime.
Sydney Smith quotes: If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee. If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee.

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