Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith

"No furniture is so charming as books."
39 Quotes
"No furniture is so charming as books."
Sydney Smith A Memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith; 2 volume set
"Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them."
Sydney Smith
"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
"A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort."
Sydney Smith
"Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in."
Sydney Smith
"As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen."
Sydney Smith
"What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!"
Sydney Smith
"A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience."
Sydney Smith
"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
"Men whose trade is rat-catching love to catch rats the bug destroyer seizes on his bug with delight the suppressor is gratified by finding his vice."
Sydney Smith
"We know nothing of tomorrow our business is to be good and happy today."
Sydney Smith
"That sign of old age extolling the past at the expense of the present."
Sydney Smith
"Never give way to melancholy resist it steadily for the habit will encroach."
Sydney Smith
"He not only overflowed with learning but stood in the slop."
Sydney Smith
"Whatever you are by nature keep to it never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed be anything else and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing."
Sydney Smith
"Never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed."
Sydney Smith
"Men whose trade is rat-catching love to catch rats the bug destroyer seizes on his bug with delight and the suppressor is gratified by finding his vice."
Sydney Smith
"Heat madam! It was so dreadful that I found there was nothing for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones."
Sydney Smith
"Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him and cannot be reasoned out."
Sydney Smith
"Among the smaller duties in life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising when praise is not due."
Sydney Smith
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