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~ Sydney Smith Quotes ~
« on: October 14, 2015, 10:35:14 AM »
Sydney Smith Quotes


An English writer and Anglican cleric.
Sydney Smith (June 3, 1771 – February 22, 1845) was an English writer and Anglican cleric.

Here are some famous quotes by  Sydney Smith.




Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.
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« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2015, 10:35:55 AM »
Take short views hope for the best and trust in God.
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« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2015, 10:36:35 AM »
He not only overflowed with learning but stood in the slop.
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« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2015, 10:37:32 AM »
That sign of old age extolling the past at the expense of the present.
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« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2015, 10:38:12 AM »
I have gout asthma and seven other maladies but am otherwise very well.
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« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2015, 10:39:05 AM »
Great men hallow a whole people and lift up all who live in their time.
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« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2015, 10:39:53 AM »
We know nothing of tomorrow; our business is to be good and happy today.
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« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2015, 10:40:34 AM »
Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily for the habit will encroach.
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« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2015, 10:41:11 AM »
I never believe facts; Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts except figures.
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« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2015, 10:41:57 AM »
Hope is the belief more or less strong that joy will come; desire is the wish it may come.
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« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2015, 10:43:44 AM »
Never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed.
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« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2015, 10:44:50 AM »
You never say a word of yourself dear Lady Grey. You have that dreadful sin of anti-egotism.
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« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2015, 10:45:35 AM »
He (Macaulay) has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful.
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« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2015, 10:46:30 AM »
When you rise in the morning form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.
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« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2015, 10:47:11 AM »
Madam I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
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