Sydney Smith Quotes (28 quotations)
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1. 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
2. Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty. - Sydney Smith
3. Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation. - Sydney Smith
4. 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
5. He had occasional flashes of silence, that made his conversation perfectly delightful. - Sydney Smith
6. Heaven never helps the men who will not act. - Sydney Smith
7. I have no relish for the country; it is a kind of healthy grave. - Sydney Smith
8. I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so. - Sydney Smith
9. 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
10. It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him. - Sydney Smith
11. It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue. - Sydney Smith
12. It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can. - Sydney Smith
13. Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your reason if you live in the constant dread of laughter, that you can enjoy your life if you are in the constant terror of death. - Sydney Smith
14. Let onion atoms lurk within the bowl, And, scarce-suspected, animate the whole. - Sydney Smith
15. Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. - Sydney Smith
16. Live always in the best company when you read. - Sydney Smith
17. 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
18. Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out. - Sydney Smith
19. 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
20. The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities. - Sydney Smith
21. There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all. - Sydney Smith
22. To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight. - Sydney Smith
23. To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can. - Sydney Smith
24. We have yet to see the full impact of the open, global marketplace. By 1997 all raw materials and technology will be available everywhere in the world. The only differences between countries and markets will be skill levels, education, and the level of empowerment of the workplace. - Sydney Smith
25. What you don't know would make a great book. - Sydney Smith
2. Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions and rewards; but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty. - Sydney Smith
3. Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation. - Sydney Smith
4. 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
5. He had occasional flashes of silence, that made his conversation perfectly delightful. - Sydney Smith
6. Heaven never helps the men who will not act. - Sydney Smith
7. I have no relish for the country; it is a kind of healthy grave. - Sydney Smith
8. I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so. - Sydney Smith
9. 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
10. It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him. - Sydney Smith
11. It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue. - Sydney Smith
12. It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can. - Sydney Smith
13. Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your reason if you live in the constant dread of laughter, that you can enjoy your life if you are in the constant terror of death. - Sydney Smith
14. Let onion atoms lurk within the bowl, And, scarce-suspected, animate the whole. - Sydney Smith
15. Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. - Sydney Smith
16. Live always in the best company when you read. - Sydney Smith
17. 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
18. Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out. - Sydney Smith
19. 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
20. The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities. - Sydney Smith
21. There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all. - Sydney Smith
22. To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight. - Sydney Smith
23. To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can. - Sydney Smith
24. We have yet to see the full impact of the open, global marketplace. By 1997 all raw materials and technology will be available everywhere in the world. The only differences between countries and markets will be skill levels, education, and the level of empowerment of the workplace. - Sydney Smith
25. What you don't know would make a great book. - Sydney Smith
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