Sydney Smith Quotes About Writing

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The main question to a novel is -- did it amuse? were you surprised at dinner coming so soon? did you mistake eleven for ten? were you too late to dress? and did you sit up beyond the usual hour? If a novel produces these effects, it is good; if it does not -- story, language, love, scandal itself cannot save it. It is only meant to please; and it must do that or it does nothing.
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Sydney Smith (1848). “The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith: Three Volumes Complete in One”, p.343

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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.
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Sydney Smith, lady Saba (Smith) Holland Holland (1855). “A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith”, p.431

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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.
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Sydney Smith (1856). “Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith”, p.201

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