Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
Sydney Smith
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
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
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
Sydney Smith
He not only overflowed with learning, he stood in the slop.
Sydney Smith
He had occasional flashes of silence, that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
Sydney Smith
Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation.
Sydney Smith
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.
Sydney Smith
It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.
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
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Sydney Smith