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

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English clergyman and essayist 1771-1845

Born:3rd June, 1771
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Starsign: Gemini

Author Keywords: Essayist, Clergyman, English

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Edgar Watson Howe, Georges Bernanos, Agnes Repplier, Montaigne, Tristan Tzara

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