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| Sydney Smithb: Woodford, England, Jun 6, 1771 d: London, England., Feb 22, 1845 English. Clergy. Essayist. Co-founded Edinburgh Review, 1802; wrote Letters of Peter Plymley, 1807, defending Catholic emancipation.
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. 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. Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. I am convinced digestion is the great secret to life. Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existenceNever try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out. There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all.To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger; but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can. To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. |
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