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Sydney Smith Quotes
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Preaching has become a by-word for a long and dull conversation of any kind; and whoever wishes to imply, in any piece of writing, the absence of everything agreeable and inviting, calls it a sermon.
I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.
Economy, in the estimation of common minds, often means the absence of all taste and comfort.
A sparrow fluttering about the church is an antagonist which the most profound theologian in Europe is wholly unable to overcome.
Take a short view of human life not farther than dinner or tea.
Many in this world run after felicity like an absent-minded man hunting for his hat while all the time it is on his head.
There is not the least use preaching to anyone unless you chance to catch them ill.
Soup and fish explain half the emotions of life.
Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face.
That sign of old age, extolling the past at the expense of the present.
Love Quote
Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.
Marriage Quote
Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
Motivational Quote
Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.
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