Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your reason if you live in the constant dread of laughter, than you can enjoy your life if you are in the constant terror of death. -Sydney Smith

 

Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your reason if you live in the constant dread of laughter, than you can enjoy your life if you are in the constant terror of death.


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This quote is just one of 15 total Sydney Smith quotes in our collection. Sydney Smith is known for saying 'Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your reason if you live in the constant dread of laughter, than you can enjoy your life if you are in the constant terror of death.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

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He had occasional flashes of silence, that made his conversation perfectly delightful.

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Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed.

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Live always in the best company when you read.

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Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.

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