Married couples resemble a pair of scissors, often moving i… - Sydney Smith

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Married couples resemble a pair of scissors,
often moving in opposite directions,
yet punishing anyone who gets in between them

Sydney Smith

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About Sydney Smith

Sydney Smith (3 June 1771 – 22 February 1845) was an English clergyman, critic, philosopher and wit.

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Alternative Names: Reverend Sydney Smith

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No one minds what Jeffrey says:[…] it is not more than a week ago that I heard him speak disrespectfully of the Equator.

[M]en who prefer any load of infamy, however great, to any pressure of taxation, however light.

Macaulay is like a book in breeches...He has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.