Sydney Smith Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: June 3, 1771 - February 22, 1845
Birthday: June 3
Death: February 22
It is no more necessary that a man should remember the different dinners and suppers which have made him healthy, than the different books which have made him wise. Let us see the results of good food in a strong body, and the results of great reading in a full and powerful mind.
source: Sydney Smith (1849). “Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy: Delivered at the Royal Institution in the Years 1804-1806”, p.102
topic: Wise, Strong, Powerful, Supper, Different Books, Powerful Mind, Mind Reading
