What did Sydney Smith mean by: Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory. Sydney Smith Clergyman · England Copy
The two women exchanged the type of glance women use when there is no knife handy. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, Sydney Smith, Competition, Tension, 0 Sydney Smith Clergyman · England
Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, Sydney Smith, Mental health, Persistence, Resilience, 0 Sydney Smith Clergyman · England
we know nothing of tomorrow, our business is to be good and happy today Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, Sydney Smith, Happiness, Present, Uncertainty, 0 Sydney Smith Clergyman · England
What would life be without arithmetic, but a scene of horrors? Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, Sydney Smith, Fear, Importance, Necessity, 0 Sydney Smith Clergyman · England
+ No furniture is so charming as books. Author, June 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Sydney Smith, Beauty, Home, Literature, 0 Sydney Smith Clergyman · England
Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, Sydney Smith, Disgrace, Inconvenience, Poverty, 0 Sydney Smith Clergyman · England
No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, Sydney Smith, Growth, Humility, Progress, 0 Sydney Smith Clergyman · England
+ Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come. Author, July 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Sydney Smith, Belief, Hope, Joy, 0 Sydney Smith Clergyman · England
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. Jean Genet Playwright · France
Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this. Michelangelo Artist · Italy
Movie acting may not have a certain kind of glory as true art, but it is damn hard work. William Holden
