Mankind are always happy for having been happy; so that, if you make them happy now, you make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it

Quote by Sydney Smith

Topics: Happiness Quotes, Humanity Quotes, Mankind Quotes

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little...

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little...

No furniture is so charming as books.

No furniture is so charming as books.

It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those...

It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

I have the most perfect confidence in your indiscretion

I have the most perfect confidence in your indiscretion

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you...

Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you...

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...

In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, but...

In the New Year, may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship, but...

Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.

Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.