Quotes by : Sydney Smith

Oh don't tell me of facts - I never believe in facts you know Canning said nothing was so fallacious....

Men whose trade is rat-catching love to catch rats the bug destroyer seizes on his bug with delight....

When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.

Whatever you are by nature keep to it never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended....

The fact is that in order to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the....

Going to marry her? Impossible! You mean a part of her; he could not marry her all himself. It would....

As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.

Among the smaller duties in life I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising when....

He has returned from Italy a greater bore than ever he bores on architecture painting statuary and....

You never say a word of yourself dear Lady Grey. You have that dreadful sin of anti-egotism.