Quotes by Sydney Smith

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“Never give way to melancholy resist it steadily for the habit will encroach.”
— Sydney Smith
self pity

“That sign of old age extolling the past at the expense of the present.”
— Sydney Smith
past

“We know nothing of tomorrow our business is to be good and happy today.”
— Sydney Smith
present