Quote#Wisdom
I find no man so disagreeable to meet with, as one who knows…
Quote byDonald Grant Mitchell · 1822–1908
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: My Farm of Edgewood (1863), P. 247.
English (original)
I find no man so disagreeable to meet with, as one who knows everything. Of course we expect it in newspaper editors, and allow for it. But, to meet a man engaged in innocent occupations—over your fence, who is armed cap-a-pie against all new ideas,—who 'knew it afore,' or 'has heerd so,' or doubts it, or replies to your most truthful sally 't'ain't so, nuther,' is aggravating in the extreme.
— Donald Grant Mitchell
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