Maxioms by Sydney Smith
Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660 The greatest curse which read more
Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660 The greatest curse which can be entailed upon mankind is a state of war. All the atrocious crimes committed in years of peace -- all that is spent in peace by the secret corruptions or by the thoughtless extravagances of nations -- are mere trifles compared with the gigantic evils which stalk over the world in a state of war. God is forgotten in war -- every principle of Christian charity is trampled upon.
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.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful.
