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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort; and who, if they could only have been induced to begin, would in all probability have gone great lengths in the career of fame.

Sydney Smith
Confidence, Courage, Nature
"Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy".

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.

Sydney Smith
Courage, Ignorance, Order
Sydney Smith (1856). “Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith”, p.198

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage.

Sydney Smith
Confidence, Courage, Fear
Sydney Smith (1856). “Wit and Wisdom of the Rev. Sydney Smith”, p.201

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