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Quote by Sydney Smith
He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop. - Syd

He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop. – Sydney Smith

Other quotes by Sydney Smith

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style. – Sydney Smith

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Brevity
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Sydney Smith
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Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. – Richard Whately

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Miscellaneous

Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: Why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing? – Martin Marty

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Miscellaneous

Undoubtedly the desire for food has been and still is one of the main causes of political events. – Bertrand Russell

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Miscellaneous

Please be patient. God has not finished with me yet. – Author Unknown

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Miscellaneous

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For his heart was in his work, and the heart giveth grace unto every art. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Category:
Art

I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer. – Jenny Agutter

Category:
Patience

The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is noninterference with their own peculiar ways of being happy, provided those ways do not assume to interfere by violence with ours. – William James

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Miscellaneous

I have to do more close research and fact checking for the science fiction. This is not however to say that writing good fantasy does not involve doing good research. – Sarah Zettel

Category:
Science