Smith Argues

Famous quotes containing the words smith and/or argues:

    Oh, don’t tell me of facts—I never believe facts: you know Canning said nothing was so fallacious as facts, except figures.
    —Sydney Smith (1771–1845)

    A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as t’other of beauty.
    William Congreve (1670–1729)