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... Sydney Smith . Who does a kindness is not therefore kind ; Perhaps prosperity becalmed his breast , Perhaps the wind just shifted from the east . Not therefore humble he who seeks retreat ; Pride guides his steps and bids him shun the ...
... Sydney Smith . Who does a kindness is not therefore kind ; Perhaps prosperity becalmed his breast , Perhaps the wind just shifted from the east . Not therefore humble he who seeks retreat ; Pride guides his steps and bids him shun the ...
Page 102
... Sydney Smith . He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who gives it . Von Knebel . One breast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule . Byron . Better be the head of the yeomanry than ...
... Sydney Smith . He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who gives it . Von Knebel . One breast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule . Byron . Better be the head of the yeomanry than ...
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If idleness in man do not produce vice , it commonly produces melancholy . Sydney Smith . He talks as familiarly of roaring lions as maids of sixteen do of puppy dogs . Shakspeare . The wrath of brothers is the wrath of devils . Spanish ...
If idleness in man do not produce vice , it commonly produces melancholy . Sydney Smith . He talks as familiarly of roaring lions as maids of sixteen do of puppy dogs . Shakspeare . The wrath of brothers is the wrath of devils . Spanish ...
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... Sydney Smith . Nature has sometimes made a fool , but a coxcomb is always of a man's own making . Addison . He that is unwilling to receive as well as to give , has learned but half of friendship . Men are Stoics in their early years ...
... Sydney Smith . Nature has sometimes made a fool , but a coxcomb is always of a man's own making . Addison . He that is unwilling to receive as well as to give , has learned but half of friendship . Men are Stoics in their early years ...
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