Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smithwas an English wit, writer and Anglican cleric...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth3 June 1771
courage deal great lost talent
A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of courage.
eleven far lemon living miles yorkshire
My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven miles away from a lemon
animate atoms onion within
Let onion atoms lurk within the bowl, And, scarce-suspected, animate the whole.
assume frivolous grave profound
Do not assume that because I am frivolous I am shallow; I don't assume that because you are grave you are profound
conversation delightful flashes occasional perfectly silence
He (Macaulay) has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful
conversation flashes occasional perfectly silence
He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
intended nature thousand worse
Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing
bishop service
How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is, "I will see you in the vestry after service
advice idle life object piece scholars-and-scholarship
There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all.
flavor society vanilla
Ah, you flavor everything; you are the vanilla of society
bishop convinced heard judas succession
Having heard the bishop I am now convinced of the apostolic succession from Judas Iscariot
false honor human man natural obscurity patience praise spite sweet wish
It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those who can confer honor by their praise, in spite of all false philosophy, is sweet to every human heart; but as eminence can be but the lot of a few, patience of obscurity is a
adversity gods heathen man might pleasure spectacle struggling wise writer
A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with pleasure
confidence perfect
I have the most perfect confidence in your indiscretion