Quotes by Smith, Sydney

I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so. >>

Oh, don't tell me of facts -- I never believe facts: you know Canning >>

Bishop Berkeley destroyed this world in one volume octavo; and nothing >>

Quotations about Philosophers and Philosophy

There is no record in history of a happy philosopher. >>

The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our difference: >>

Philosophy is a bully that talks loud when the danger is at a distant; >>

Bishop Berkeley destroyed this world in one volume octavo; and nothing remained, after his time, but mind; which experienced a similar fate from the hand of Mr. Hume in 1737.

Smith, Sydney