"Thank God for tea! What would the world do without tea? how did it exist? I am glad I was not born before tea."
About Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith was an English writer and Anglican clergyman, mainly famous for his wit. Besides his energetic parochial work, he was known for his writing and philosophy, founding the Edinburgh Review, lecturing at the Royal Institution and his rhyming salad dressing recipe.
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