Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smithwas an English wit, writer and Anglican cleric...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth3 June 1771
army politeness good-nature
Politeness is good nature regulated by good sense.
greatness men people
Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.
men poverty poor
Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.
funny knives two
The two women exchanged the type of glance women use when there is no knife handy.
cost dearest everybody eyes
The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than anything else in housekeeping