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

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Sydney Smith (June 3, 1771, Woodford, Essex, England - February 22, 1845 London), was an English writer and Anglican clergyman

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

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