Sydney Smith

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Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession do not run after distinctions and rewards but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty.

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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.

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courage

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Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

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courage

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Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life let us swear eternal friendship.

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Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

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A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

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Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.

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What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!

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Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

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Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.

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

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he , returned , italy , greater , bore

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He (macaulay) has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful.

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he , occasional , flashes , silence , make

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You never say a word of yourself, dear lady grey. You have that dreadful sin of anti-egotism.

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you , never , word , dear , lady

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Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.

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great , men , whole , lift , up

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Oh, don't tell me of facts - I never believe in facts; you know canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures.

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tell , me , facts , never , believe

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It is always considered a piece of impertinence in england if a man of less than two or three thousand a year has any opinions at all upon important subjects.

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always , considered , piece , england , man

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Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.

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politeness , good , nature

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Among the smaller duties in life, I hardly know any one more important than that of not praising when praise is not due.

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among , smaller , duties , hardly , know

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Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.

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never , try , reason , prejudice , out

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Heat, madam! It was so dreadful that I found there was nothing for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.

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dreadful , found , nothing , take , off

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He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.

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he , only , stood

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I have gout, asthma, and seven other maladies, but am otherwise very well.

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seven , other , am , otherwise , very

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Take short views, hope for the best, and trust in god.

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take , short , hope , trust

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When you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.

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you , rise , form , resolution , make

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That sign of old age, extolling the past at the expense of the present.

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sign , old , past , expense

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We know nothing of tomorrow; our business is to be good and happy today.

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know , nothing , our , business , good

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Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come; desire is the wish it may come.

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hope , more , less , joy , will

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I never believe facts; canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures.

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never , believe , said , nothing , except

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Men whose trade is rat-catching, love to catch rats; the bug destroyer seizes on his bug with delight; and the suppressor is gratified by finding his vice.

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men , whose , trade , love , catch

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Never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

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never , desert , your , own , line

Chanakya Neeti - Eleventh Chapter , English Proverb , Manning Barish , Arabic Proverb , Chanakya Neeti - Third Chapter

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Chanakya Neeti - Eleventh Chapter , English Proverb , Manning Barish , Arabic Proverb , Chanakya Neeti - Third Chapter

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