Maxioms by Sydney Smith
He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen
writer to be a spectacle on which the read more
A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen
writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with
pleasure.
One of the best methods of rendering study agreeable is to live
with able men, and to suffer all read more
One of the best methods of rendering study agreeable is to live
with able men, and to suffer all those pangs of inferiority which
the want of knowledge always inflicts.
It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch
understanding.
It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch
understanding.
He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.
He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.
