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

Quote by Sydney Smith

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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.

I have the most perfect confidence in your indiscretion

I have the most perfect confidence in your indiscretion

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...

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...

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

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...

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...

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

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

Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.

Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.

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...

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.

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...

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

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...

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...

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...

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a...

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a...

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...

Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high.

Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.