It is 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.
-- Sydney Smith
   
Sydney Smith   Name:
Sydney Smith
Type:
Clergyman
Nationality:
English
Birth:
June 3, 1771
Death:
February 22, 1845
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