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Sydney Smith quotes about love

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
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

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