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Sydney Smith playfully says that common sense was invented by Socrates, that philosopher having been one of its most conspicuous exemplars in conducting the contest of practical sagacity against stupid prejudice and illusory beliefs.
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The bitterest satires and noblest eulogies on married life have come from poets.
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Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
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Edwin Percy Whipple
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Born:
March 8, 1819
Died:
June 16, 1886
(aged 67)
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Edwin Percy Whipple was an American essayist and critic.
Known for:
Character and Characteristic Men (1866)
Success and Its Conditions (1871)
The Literature of the Age of Elizabeth (1869)
Outlooks on society, literature and politics
Literature and Life (1883)
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