A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.

Quote by Sydney Smith

Topics: Talent Quotes

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities...

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities...

Mankind are always happy for having been happy; so that, if you make them happy...

Mankind are always happy for having been happy; so that, if you make them happy...

Live always in the best company when you read.

Live always in the best company when you read.

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be done.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be...

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be...

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to...

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to...

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

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

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let...

Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let...

I never read a book before reviewing it - it prejudices a man so

I never read a book before reviewing it - it prejudices a man so

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.

Heat, ma'am! it was so dreadful here, that I found there was nothing left for...

Heat, ma'am! it was so dreadful here, that I found there was nothing left for...

It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to...

It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to...

Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient

Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient

The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not...

The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not...

Don't tell me of facts, I never believe facts; you know Canning said nothing was...

Don't tell me of facts, I never believe facts; you know Canning said nothing was...

Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the...

Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the...

What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?

What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors?

It resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

It resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that...

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that...