Praise is the best diet for us, after all

Quote by Sydney Smith

Topics: Praise Quotes

No furniture is so charming as books.

No furniture is so charming as books.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

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

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

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...

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.

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join...

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join...

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...

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do...

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do...

I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so.

I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices

He who never leaves his country is full of prejudices

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it

The First Law of Journalism: to confirm existing prejudice, rather than contradict it

I'm free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

I'm free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.