"Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they……" — Sydney Smith
"Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect."
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71 Quotes by Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith has 71 quotes on this site.
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He who drinks a tumbler of London water has literally in his stomach more animated beings than there are men,…
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Take short views, hope for the best and trust in God.
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When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces on me is to convince…
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Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always…
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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to…
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Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
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Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession; do not run after distinctions…
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Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising where praise…
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Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for,…
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A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.
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Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
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The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that…
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More Creatures Quotes
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I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature.
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If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will…
— Francis of Assisi
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None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its…
— Mary Astell
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Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone…
— David Attenborough
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I mean, it is an extraordinary thing that a large proportion of your country and my country, of the citizens,…
— David Attenborough
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Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural…
— David Attenborough
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Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom…
— Marcus Aurelius
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God's first creature, which was light.
— Francis Bacon
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As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.
— Francis Bacon
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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or…
— Abigail Adams
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To be sure, the response of faith to revelation, which God grants to the creature he chooses and moves with…
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
— Honore de Balzac
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