Sydney Smith Quotes

English - Clergyman | June 3, 1771 - February 22, 1845

Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

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Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.

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I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

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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.

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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.

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Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

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As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.

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Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.

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ScienceHisForte

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

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Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the offense, rather than at the time.

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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.

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