He has spent all his life in letting down empty buckets into empty
wells; and he is frittering away his age in trying to draw them up
again.
-- Sydney Smith (1769-1845)
-- Lady Holland's Memoir, Vol. i, p. 259
wells; and he is frittering away his age in trying to draw them up
again.
-- Sydney Smith (1769-1845)
-- Lady Holland's Memoir, Vol. i, p. 259
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-- Sydney Smith (1769-1845)
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