{"author":"Sydney Smith","author_id":"Sydney+Smith","total_quotes":46,"quotes":[{"text":"Hope is the belief  more or less strong  that joy will come  desire is the wish it may come.","author":"Sydney Smith","tags":["hope"],"id":115,"author_id":"Sydney+Smith"},{"text":"A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.","author":"Sydney Smith","tags":["good","health","great "],"id":12093,"author_id":"Sydney+Smith"},{"text":"As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.","author":"Sydney Smith","tags":["men","three","say "],"id":17482,"author_id":"Sydney+Smith"},{"text":"Men whose trade is rat-catching love to catch rats  the bug destroyer seizes on his bug with delight  the suppressor is gratified by finding his vice.","author":"Sydney Smith","tags":["work"],"id":34470,"author_id":"Sydney+Smith"},{"text":"That sign of old age  extolling the past at the expense of the present.","author":"Sydney Smith","tags":["past"],"id":46880,"author_id":"Sydney+Smith"},{"text":"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.","author":"Sydney Smith","tags":["craft","enjoyment","novels","pleasure","writing"],"id":71331,"author_id":"Sydney+Smith"},{"text":"No furniture is so charming as books.","author":"Sydney Smith","tags":["books","furniture"],"id":72132,"author_id":"Sydney+Smith"},{"text":"When you rise in the morning  form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature.","author":"Sydney Smith","tags":["one","day"],"id":89404,"author_id":"Sydney+Smith"},{"text":"You never say a word of yourself  dear Lady Grey. You have that dreadful sin of anti-egotism.","author":"Sydney Smith","tags":["conversation"],"id":100540,"author_id":"Sydney+Smith"},{"text":"Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.","author":"Sydney Smith","tags":["giving","never","talk "],"id":104999,"author_id":"Sydney+Smith"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":46,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}