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Sydney Smith quotes

English Clergyman June 3, 1771 – February 22, 1845

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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
Sydney Smith quote: "Live always in the best company when you read."
Live always in the best company when you read. Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith quote: "No furniture is so charming as books, even if you never open..."
No furniture is so charming as books, even if you never open them or read a single word. Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith quote: "Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How..."
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
Sydney Smith quote: "Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in..."
Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time. 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
Bishop Berkeley destroyed this world in one volume octavo; and nothing remained, after his time, but mind; which experienced a similar fate from the hand of Mr. Hume in 1737. Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith quote: "As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and..."
As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen. 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
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
Sydney Smith quote: "If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee."
If you want to improve your understanding, drink coffee. Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith quote: "Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if..."
Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the offense, rather than at the time. Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith quote: "Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their..."
Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face. Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith quote: "Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things,..."
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
It 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

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