Author: Sydney Smith

Quotes

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

- 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

Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.

Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.

- 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

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

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

- Sydney Smith

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

Live always in the best company when you read.

Live always in the best company when you read.

- Sydney Smith

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

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

- 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

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