I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury. Sydney Smith More Quotes by Sydney Smith More Quotes From Sydney Smith Heat, ma am! It was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones. Sydney Smith augustsummerweather No furniture is so charming as books. Sydney Smith furniturereadingbook Some men have only one book in them, others a library. Sydney Smith readingmenbook 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. Sydney Smith writingrunningideas It is no more necessary that a man should remember the different dinners and suppers which have made him healthy, than the different books which have made him wise. Let us see the results of good food in a strong body, and the results of great reading in a full and powerful mind. Sydney Smith powerfulstrongwise Take short views, hope for the best and trust in God. Sydney Smith armymilitaryviews Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship. Sydney Smith foodfriendshiplife Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. Sydney Smith ignorancecourageorder When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature. Sydney Smith resolutionformmorning Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach. Sydney Smith melancholygivingway 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 dutyimportantpraise Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory. Sydney Smith shamereputationglory Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time. Sydney Smith greatnesstimemen Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones. Sydney Smith cherishsolitudelittles How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is "I will see you in the vestry after service." Sydney Smith bishopsflirtingchurch Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient. Sydney Smith povertypoormen Find fault, when you must find fault, in private, if possible; and some time after the offense, rather than at the time. Sydney Smith offensefaultsifs 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. Sydney Smith allianceserrorsmistake When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces on me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool Sydney Smith religiouslawmen His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful. Sydney Smith silencemightenemy
