Sydney Smith (3 June 1771 – 22 February 1845) was an English writer and Anglican cleric.
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“My idea of heaven is eating paté de foie gras to the sound of trumpets.”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)
“It 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.”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)
“That garret of the earth—that knuckle-end of England—that land of Calvin, oat-cakes, and sulphur.”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)
“What two ideas are more inseparable than beer and Britannia?”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)
“I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.”
—Sydney Smith (1771–1845)