Sydney Smith (3 June 1771 – 22 February 1845) was an English writer and Anglican cleric.
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“It is safest to be moderately base—to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue.”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)
“I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)
“A Curate there is something which excites compassion in the very name of a curate!!!”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)
“His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)
“I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so.”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)