John Smyth

John Smyth may refer to:

  • John Smyth (Baptist minister) (c. 1570–1612), considered the earliest Baptist
  • John Smyth (1748–1811), MP for Pontefract
  • John Rowland Smyth (1806–1873), British soldier
  • Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet (1893–1983), British MP, Privy Counsellor in 1962, recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First World War
  • John Smyth (snooker referee) (1928–2007)
  • John Smyth (footballer) (born 1970), Irish former professional footballer

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    “It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.”
    —Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801–1890)

    “The habit some writers indulge in of perpetual quotation is one it behoves lovers of good literature to protest against, for it is an insidious habit which in the end must cloud the stream of thought, or at least check spontaneity. If it be true that le style c’est l’homme, what is likely to happen if l’homme is for ever eking out his own personality with that of some other individual?”
    —Dame Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)