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A life of knowledge is not often a life of injury and crime.

A life of knowledge is not often a life of injury and crime.

Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial

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Author or tradition
Sydney Smith
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Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)

Printed page 423 · quotation 7 · Sydney Smith · Pleasures of Knowledge.

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