Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smithwas an English wit, writer and Anglican cleric...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth3 June 1771
beer ideas two
What two ideas are more inseparable than beer and Britannia?
oil people charity
You will find people ready enough to do the Samaritan without the oil and twopence.
solitude littles cherish
Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.
strong joy belief
Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come.
confidence courage fear
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.
men religion trying
Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.
power men ends
No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.
flirting bishops
How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is "I will see you in the vestry after service."
faces nonsense mankind
Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face.
religious men law
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
happiness home house
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.
life friendship food
Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
anniversary marriage moving
Marriage 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.
running writing ideas
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.