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

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Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for...

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for...

The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a...

The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a...

That sign of old age, extolling the past at the expense of the present.

That sign of old age, extolling the past at the expense of the present.

The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well-kept, since the rich...

The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well-kept, since the rich...

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is...

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is...

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

What you don't know would make a great book.

What you don't know would make a great book.

Praise is the best diet for us, after all

Praise is the best diet for us, after all

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...

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and...

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and...

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...

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is...

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is...

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

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

Live always in the best company when you read.

Live always in the best company when you read.

Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.

Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have...

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have...

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...

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...

Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.

Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.

To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight.

To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight.