Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smithwas an English wit, writer and Anglican cleric...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth3 June 1771
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Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food, but God has given us wit, and flavor, and brightness, and laughter to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to charm his pained steps over the burning marble
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It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those who can confer honor by their praise, in spite of all false philosophy, is sweet to every human heart; but as eminence can be but the lot of a few, patience of obscurity is a
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It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.
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Married couples resemble a pair of scissors, often moving in opposite directions, yet punishing anyone who gets in between them.
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It is a bore, I admit, to be past seventy, for you are left for execution, and are daily expecting the death-warrant; but it is not anything very capital we quit. We are, at the close of life, only hurried away from stomach-aches, pains in the joints, from sleepless nights and unamusing days, from weakness, ugliness, and nervous tremors; but we shall all meet again in another planet, cured of all our defects.
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He (Macaulay) has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful
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Having heard the bishop I am now convinced of the apostolic succession from Judas Iscariot
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He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
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He deserves to be preached to death by wild curates
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To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence.
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To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence
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What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!
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I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.