“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
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Beauty
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“I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so.”
Sydney Smith
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Criticism
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“A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of courage.”
Sydney Smith
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Courage
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“Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.”
Sydney Smith
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Conversation
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“I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury.”
Sydney Smith
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Religion
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“The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.”
Sydney Smith
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Action
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“No furniture is so charming as books.”
Sydney Smith
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Reading
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“Live always in the best company when you read.”
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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Reading
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“Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.”
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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Solitude
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“He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.”
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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Silence
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“No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.”
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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Power
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“Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.”
Sydney Smith
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Poverty
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“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little. Do what you can.”
Sydney Smith
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Perseverance
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“What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?”
Sydney Smith
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
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“To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence.”
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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Love
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“Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.”
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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Greatness
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“Avoid shame but do not seek glory –nothing so expensive as glory.”
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Submitted by Quonation |Category: Glory
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“It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.”
Sydney Smith
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Faith
