No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.

Quote by Sydney Smith

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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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven...

My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was eleven...

Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food,...

Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food,...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.

Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.

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...

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

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.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and...

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and...

Bishop Berkeley destroyed this world in one volume octavo; and nothing remained, after his time,...

Bishop Berkeley destroyed this world in one volume octavo; and nothing remained, after his time,...