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

Category:
Brevity
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Do not try to push your way through to the front ranks of your profession do not run after distinctions and rewards but do your utmost to find an entry into the world of beauty. – Sydney Smith

Category:
Beauty
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Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life let us swear eternal friendship. – Sydney Smith

Category:
Friendship
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Other Quotes from
Miscellaneous
category

Self-pity is… a sinkhole from which no rescuing hand can drag you because you have chosen to sink. – Elizabeth Elliot

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Miscellaneous

It is one of the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to perceive. – C.W. Leadbeater

Category:
Miscellaneous

I identify more with people who ask each day for divine guidance than people equipped with a divine guidance system. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Miscellaneous

When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom — freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture, murder and betray without shame and remorse. – Eric Hoffer

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Miscellaneous

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His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed. – Willie Morris

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Home

What I love most about animation is, its a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination. – Jeffrey Katzenberg

Category:
Imagination

Accursed be he that first invented war. – Christopher Marlowe

Category:
War

People who dont take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. – Peter Drucker

Category:
Leadership