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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Woodford
- Educated at
- Winchester CollegeNew College
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Trending topics shown first"He has spent all his life in letting down empty buckets into empty wells; and he is frittering away his age in trying to draw them up again."
"It is the 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."
"The history of the world shows us that men are not to be counted by their numbers, but by the fire and vigour of their passions; by their deep sense of injury; by their memory of past glory; by their …"
"But now persecution is good, because it exists; every law which originated in ignorance and malice, and gratifies the passions from whence it sprang, we call the wisdom of our ancestors: when such law…"
"Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love, and to be loved, is the greatest happiness of existence."
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Timeline
1927
Born
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Died
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