"Take short views, hope for the best and…" — Sydney Smith
"Take short views, hope for the best and trust in God."
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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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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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Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love…
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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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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but…
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You never find yourself until you face the truth.
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That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and…
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Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
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Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of…
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Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.
— Alexander Graham Bell
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Back in Chicago, all we cared about was rock 'n' roll and staying out of the army.
— John Belushi
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I like army boots, I like peasant skirts - sometimes together! So I do know that I have odd taste.
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
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My dad was in the Army. The Army's not great pay, but, you know, we moved from Army patch to…
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Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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