Expensive Quote by Sydney Smith Download Open image “Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory.” — Sydney Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Expensive Fame Glory Reputation Shame
You should never seek glory in doing something good for someone else — Sherrice Hodge Copy Share Image
Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare. — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
Glory is sometimes a low courtesan who on the road entices many who did not think of her. They are astonished to obtain favors… — Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne Copy Share Image
Glory consists of two parts: the one in setting too great a value upon ourselves, and the other in setting too little a value… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The shortest way to arrive at glory would be to do that for conscience which we do for glory. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The sense that in this universe we are treated as strangers, the longing to be acknowledged, to meet with some response, to bridge some… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Scotland: That garret of the earth - that knuckle-end of England - that land of Calvin, oatcakes, and sulfur. — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven miles away from a lemon — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can. — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men… — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in… — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
[T]he 47th proposition in Euclid might now be voted down with as much ease as any proposition in politics; and therefore if Lord Hawkesbury… — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
Consumers can choose organic cotton grown without pesticides, but it uses more water and requires more land than conventional crops. Organic cotton can also… — Tatiana Schlossberg Copy Share Image
The liveness of theater, and the excitement of experiencing it alongside an audience, is something you can't get at home. That makes the theater… — Nick Blaemire Copy Share Image
This is not really currency that circulates. It's like the old joke about expensive vintage wine. Wine prices will go up and once in… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
I watched a film called 'Elephant' recently. Its not stylish in the sense of expensive suits and Italian cars, but the styling on every… — Tinie Tempah Copy Share Image
The creatives, they want to connect with people. These artists, the clothing designers, they want to connect with people the same way that music… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
We blacks were the first people embracing Obama, long before the people at expensive fundraisers were supporting him. We gave him his first love,… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
There are a number of much less expensive alternatives to detaining immigrants than locking them up somewhere. — Bill Foster Copy Share Image
It was doing very well; it was doing particularly well outside of England. It was a very big seller for Carlton Television. But it… — Derek Jacobi Copy Share Image
Once I got a guitar that was relatively user-friendly, but not super-duper easy, I really came on as a guitarist, at that point. It… — Jimmy Page Copy Share Image
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