65 ordspråk av Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
 Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out. |
| No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior |
| Not body enough to cover his mind decently with; his intellect is improperly exposed |
| Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible. |
| Serenely full, the epicure would say, Fate cannot harm me, I have dined today |
| Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones. |
| That sign of old age, extolling the past at the expense of the present |
| The man who talks of an unalterable law is probably an unalterable fool |
| The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well-kept, since the rich keep the feasts and the poor keep the fasts |
| The writer does the most good who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time. |
| There is not the least use in preaching to anyone, unless you chance to catch them ill. |
| 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. |
| They wanted to help for [surgery costs] and anything that would help me, like glasses. It was so supportive and really nice. It's so nice to know that they cared that much and wanted me to get better. |
| 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. |
| To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence |
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