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• Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated
  often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them....
• No furniture is as charming as books, even if you never open them. -- Sydney Smith
• The shortest distance between two points depends on who is giving the directions.
• The statesman shears the sheep, the politician skins them.
• Anxiety and conscience are a powerful pair of dynamos.
  Between them, they have ensured that one shall work hard, but they cannot ensure that one will work at anything worthwhile....
• It would be an entertaining change in human affairs to determine everything by minoritie
  hey are almost always in the right. -- Sydney Smith...
• That road which is the sole road which leads to the greatest tourist attraction in the area can only be repaired during the busiest three weeks of the entire tourist season.
  Repairs are to be done in such a manner that the maximum amount of time is required to cover the minimum amount of distance....
• Serenely full, the epicure would say, Fate cannot harm me,--I have dined to-day.
  -- Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Recipe for Salad, p. 374...
• It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him.
  -- Sydney Smith (1769-1845) -- Lady Holland's Memoir, Vol. i, p. 53...