Quotes by Sydney Smith

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In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.
Smith, Sydney

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 brevity  

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I have no relish for the country; it is a kind of healthy grave.
Smith, Sydney

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 country  

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Heat, ma'am! it was so dreadful here, that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones.
Smith, Sydney

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 summer  

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