23 ordspråk av Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith föddes den June 3rd 1771 och dog den 22 February 1845 - English theologian
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 A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. |
| 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. |
| As the French say, there are three sexes, - men, women, and clergymen |
| Avoid shame, but do not seek glory, nothing is so expensive as glory |
| Correspondences are like small clothes before the invention of suspenders; it is impossible to keep them up. |
| Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation. |
| How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is, "I will see you in the vestry after service |
| In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. |
| Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. |
| Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes in between them. |
| My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven miles away from a lemon |
| Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach. |
| No furniture is so charming as books |
| Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient |
| Praise is the best diet for us, after all |
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Proverb (1469544 st) Search
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Authors (167535 st) Search
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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
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