Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smithwas an English wit, writer and Anglican cleric...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth3 June 1771
believe facts canning
Oh, don't tell me of facts, I never believe facts; you know, [George] Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures.
morning resolution form
When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.
new-year years three
Resolve to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund of general enjoyment.
reading book men
Some men have only one book in them, others a library.
life children mistake
Lucy, dear child, mind your arithmetic. You know in the first sum of yours I ever saw there was a mistake. You had carried two (as a cab is licensed to do), and you ought, dear Lucy, to have carried but one. Is this a trifle? What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors.
reputation shame glory
Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory.
life half world
The longer I live, the more I am convinced that the apothecary is of more importance than Seneca; and that half the unhappiness in the world proceeds from little stoppages; from a duct choked up, from food pressing in the wrong place, from a vexed duodenum, or an agitated pylorus.
life math culture
What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?
beer ideas two
What two ideas are more inseparable than beer and Britannia?
flirting bishops
How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is "I will see you in the vestry after service."
happiness home house
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.
life friendship food
Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
music earth rapture
If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth.
happiness today tomorrow
we know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today