Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out. ~Sydney Smith
Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed. ~Sydney Smith
To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can. ~Sydney Smith
There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all. ~Sydney Smith
He had occasional flashes of silence, that made his conversation perfectly delightful. ~Sydney Smith
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