All Sydney Smith Quotes
- Don't tell me of facts, I never believe facts; you know Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures Believe
- 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
- The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle on a taxed road; and the dying Englishman,… Beardless
- The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than anything else in housekeeping. Anything Else
- Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient Confoundedly
- Praise is the best diet for us, after all All
- I never read a book before reviewing it - it prejudices a man so Book
- 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… Bones
- To Love and to be Loved is the greatest Happiness of existence Existence
- Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness ofexistence. Fortified
- Silence is a girl's loudest shout Loudest