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Sydney Smith quotes

English Clergyman June 3, 1771 – February 22, 1845

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Sydney Smith quote: "Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be..."
Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith quote: "Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all..."
Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship. Sydney Smith
The main question to a novel is -- did it amuse? were you surprised at dinner coming so soon? did you mistake eleven for ten? were you too late to dress? and did you sit up beyond the usual hour? If a novel produces these effects, it is good; if it does not -- story, language, love, scandal itself cannot save it. It is only meant to please; and it must do that or it does nothing. Sydney Smith
Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect. Sydney Smith
People who love only once in their lives are shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom, or their lack of imagination Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith quote: "To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with..."
To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight. Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith quote: "If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It..."
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
Sydney Smith quote: "A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better..."
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
Sydney Smith quote: "Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more..."
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
Sydney Smith quote: "What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?"
What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors? Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith quote: "A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks..."
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith quote: "we know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and..."
we know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith quote: "Take short views, Hope for the best, and Trust in God."
Take short views, Hope for the best, and Trust in God. Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith quote: "When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the..."
When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature. Sydney Smith
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

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