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

Quote by Sydney Smith

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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...

To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence.

To love and be loved is the great happiness of existence.

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...

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...

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.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

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.

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and...

To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and...

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...

As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.

As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.

Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.

Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.

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...

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...

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...

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...

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.

I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.

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.

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...

If you're going to San Francisco, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

If you're going to San Francisco, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

North Carolina is the place you fly over on the way to Florida. Ohio is...

North Carolina is the place you fly over on the way to Florida. Ohio is...