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What happened was very sad. Mr. Lacey told the staff that he was disappointed and appalled that the front of the book was all commentary and that he wanted hard news.


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SYDNEY SMITH Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposi...
SYDNEY SMITH A Curate - there is something which excites compassion in the very name of a Curate!!!
SYDNEY SMITH Ah, you flavor everything; you are the vanilla of society
SYDNEY SMITH The observances of the church concerning feasts and fasts are tolerably well-kept, since the rich ke...
SYDNEY SMITH As the French say, there are three sexes, - men, women, and clergymen
SYDNEY SMITH Mankind are always happy for having been happy; so that, if you make them happy now, you make them h...
SYDNEY SMITH He (Macaulay) has occasional flashes of silence that make his conversation perfectly delightful
SYDNEY SMITH That sign of old age, extolling the past at the expense of the present
SYDNEY SMITH In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no...
SYDNEY SMITH How can a bishop marry? How can he flirt? The most he can say is, "I will see you in the vestry afte...
SYDNEY SMITH The schoolboy whips his taxed top; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle o...
SYDNEY SMITH Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach.
SYDNEY SMITH Avoid shame, but do not seek glory, nothing is so expensive as glory
SYDNEY SMITH Praise is the best diet for us, after all
SYDNEY SMITH Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food, but God has given...
SYDNEY SMITH Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friends...
SYDNEY SMITH To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence
SYDNEY SMITH Having heard the bishop I am now convinced of the apostolic succession from Judas Iscariot
SYDNEY SMITH I have the most perfect confidence in your indiscretion
SYDNEY SMITH Perseverance is the most overrated of traits, if it is unaccompanied by talent; beating your head ag...
SYDNEY HARRIS When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'.
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