| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 2079 |
| AUTHOR: | Logan Pearsall Smith (18651946) |
| QUOTATION: | Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each others fur. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH, Afterthoughts, All Trivia: Trivia, More Trivia, After-thoughts, Last Words, p. 150 (1933). |
| SUBJECTS: | Writers and writing |
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