“Live always in the best company when you read.”

— Sydney Smith

Vol. I, ch. 10
Lady Holland's Memoir (1855)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Live always in the best company when you read." by Sydney Smith?

Sydney Smith photo

Sydney Smith68

English writer and clergyman 1771–1845

Related quotes

“You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.”

James Patterson (1947) American author

Source: The Christmas Wedding

“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”

Louisa May Alcott book Little Women

Source: Little Women

“If I could always read I should never feel the want of company.”

George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement

“Reading is the best way to live in somebody else's shoes.”

Nader Nadernejad (1997) producer

Newsigned Books (June 2014) http://www.newsignedbooks.com/nader-nadernejad.html

“Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.”

Saul Bellow book Ravelstein

Source: Ravelstein

“The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.”

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer

"Breaking into the Writing Game"
The Illiterate Digest (1924)

“A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.”

Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948) American judge

As quoted in Ethics and Citizenship (1924) by John Walter Wayland, p. 208.

“We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.”

Tryon Edwards (1809–1894) American theologian

Source: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 465.

“My idea of good company… is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.'
'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.”

Jane Austen book Persuasion

Source: Persuasion

“Remember, young man, experience is not the best teacher. Other people's experience is the best teacher. By reading about the lives of great people, you can unlock the secrets to what made them great.”

Andy Andrews (1959) author and corporate speaker

Source: The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective

Related topics