Sydney Smith citáty
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Sydney Smith
Datum narození:3. červen 1771
Datum úmrtí:22. únor 1845
Sydney Smith byl britský anglikánský duchovní a literát.
Citáty Sydney Smith
„No furniture is so charming as books.“
— Sydney Smith
A memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith
„Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea! How did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea.“
— Sydney Smith
A memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith
„The main question to a novel is -- did it amuse? were you surprised at dinner coming so soon? did you mistake eleven for ten? were you too late to dress? and did you sit up beyond the usual hour? If a novel produces these effects, it is good; if it does not -- story, language, love, scandal itself cannot save it. It is only meant to please; and it must do that or it does nothing.“
— Sydney Smith
The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal
„The fact is that in order to do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank thinking of the cold and the danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.“
— Sydney Smith
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers: A Cyclopaedia of Quotations, from the Literature of All Ages
„A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his hand.“
— Sydney Smith
A memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith
„I always fear that creation will expire before teatime.“
— Sydney Smith
The Sayings of Sydney Smith
