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Famous Quotes by Sydney Smith

Famous quotes by the English clergyman, essayist, and wit, Sydney Smith. He was born at Woodford, Essex, England on June 3, 1771. Sydney Smith died in London on February 22, 1845.

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He has spent all his life in letting down buckets into empty wells; and he is frittering away his age in trying to draw them up again.


He has returned from Italy a greater bore than ever; he bores on architecture, painting, statuary, and music.


What a mystery is the folly and stupidity of the good!


You and I are exceptions to the laws of nature; you have risen by your gravity, and I have sunk by my levity.


When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, I am convinced that he is an unalterable fool.


He has not body enough to cover his mind decently; his intellect is improperly exposed.


He has no command over his understanding; it is always getting between his legs and tripping him up.


The best way of answering a bad argument is to let it go on.


The further he went west, the more convinced he felt that the wise men came from the east.


I have the most perfect confidence in your indiscretion.

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Science is always wrong; it never solves a problem without creating ten more.

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