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Sydney Smith: Have the courage...

Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of...

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Sydney Smith: He not only...

He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop.

Source: In Webster's...

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Sydney Smith: Oh, don't tell...

Oh, don't tell me of facts -- I never believe facts: you know Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except...

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Sydney Smith: In composing, as...

In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor...

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Sydney Smith: I never read...

I never read a book before reviewing it; it prejudices a man so.

Source: In The...

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