Quote by Sydney Smith
Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exqui

Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face. – Sydney Smith

Other quotes by 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

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Mistakes
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In the country I always fear that creation will expire before tea-time. – Sydney Smith

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Tea
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Men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels, rather than elevated apes. – William Winwood Reade

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Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is. – Albert Camus

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Men! The only animal in the world to fear. – D.H. Lawrence

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That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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