Character Quote by Sydney Smith Download Open image “Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.” — Sydney Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Great Little Solitude Virtues
Solitude is naught and society is naught. Alternate them and the good of each is seen. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur is the cradle of thought and aspirations which are not only good for the individual,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
In solitude the mind gains strength, and learns to lean upon herself; in the world it seeks or accepts of a few treacherous supports--the… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
“Solitude, the joy of being alone, stems from, as well as promotes, a state of maturity and inner richness.” — Neel Burton Copy Share Image
Solitude is unbearable for those who can not bear themselves. — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
Solitude makes us tougher towards ourselves and tenderer towards others. In both ways it improves our character. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Effective practice of solitude always give birth to freshness, renewal, refocus, rejuvenation, revelation and restoration.” — Benjamin Suulola Copy Share Image
Solitude, if rightly used, becomes not only a privilege but a necessity. Only a superficial soul fears to fraternize with itself. — Alice Hegan Rice Copy Share Image
There is a solitude in poverty, but a solitude which restores to each thing its value. — Albert Camus 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
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
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