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17 quotesA great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of courage.
Courage
Sydney Smith
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Avoid shame but do not seek glory --nothing so expensive as glory.
Glory
Sydney Smith
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Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.
Greatness
Sydney Smith
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He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
Silence
Sydney Smith
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I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Churches
Sydney Smith
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I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so.
Critics and Criticism
Sydney Smith
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It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.
Faith
Sydney Smith
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It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little. Do what you can.
Perseverance
Sydney Smith
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Live always in the best company when you read.
Books - Reading
Sydney Smith
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Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.
Conversation
Sydney Smith
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No furniture is so charming as books.
Books - Reading
Sydney Smith
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No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.
Power
Sydney Smith
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Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.
Poverty and The Poor
Sydney Smith
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Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.
Solitude
Sydney Smith
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The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.
Action
Sydney Smith
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To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence.
Love
Sydney Smith
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What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?
Mathematics
Sydney Smith
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun