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Sydney Smith —
English
Clergyman
born on June 03, 1771,
died on February 22, 1845
Sydney Smith was an English wit, writer and Anglican cleric... (wikipedia)
Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.
Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.
Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.
Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.