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Sydney Smith

"I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so."

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"I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so."

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"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."

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"Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die."

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"Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable."

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"All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God."

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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

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"Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom."

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"It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing."

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"Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved."

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"A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint."

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"Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes."

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"The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions."
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"Heaven never helps the men who will not act."
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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."
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"I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury."
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"No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior."
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"The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities."
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"To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight."
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"Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in."
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"Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence."
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"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."
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