Sydney Smith1771–1845The quotations of
Sydney Smith
English wit, writer, Anglican cleric
1771–1845
28 quotes, most often on Clever Jabs, Comedy and Friendship.
You find people ready enough to do the Samaritan, without the oil and twopence.
Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 9, p. 312The Smiths never had any arms, and have invariably sealed their letters with their thumbs.
Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 9, p. 293- Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 9, p. 307
- Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 2, p. 36
- Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 11, p. 415
- Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 9, p. 310
- “Female Education” (review of Thomas Broadhurst, Advice to Young Ladies on the Improvement of Mind, 1808), in The Edinburgh Review, No. 30 (January 1810), p. 314
Great men hallow a whole people and lift up all who live in their time.
“Ireland”, published in The Edinburgh Review (1820)- Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy (1849)
- Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy (1849), Introduction
- Referring to the lack of established culture and the established institution of slavery in the United States, in “Review of Seybert’s Annals of the United States”, The Edinburgh Review (1820), pp. 79-80
- Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 6, “Of Friendship”, p. 178
Let onion atoms lurk within the bowl
And, scarce suspected, animate the whole.Lady Holland’s Memoir (1855), Vol. I, ch. 11, “Recipe for Salads”, p. 426
