John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4853 Sydney Smith 1771-1845 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4853 |
| AUTHOR: | Sydney Smith (1771–1845) |
| QUOTATION: | It requires a surgical operation to get a joke well into a Scotch understanding. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Lady Holland’s Memoir. Vol. i. p. 15. |
| Note 1. See Walpole, Quotation 4. [back] |