Author: Sydney Smith

Quotes

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.

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

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

- Sydney Smith

Live always in the best company when you read.

Live always in the best company when you read.

- Sydney Smith

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.

- Sydney Smith

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise is not due.

- 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.

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

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

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

What you don't know would make a great book.

What you don't know would make a great book.

- Sydney Smith

To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight.

To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight.

- Sydney Smith

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