• A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.

  Sir Walter Scott
  British writer and poet 1771-1832
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. literature
2. possesses
3. knowledge
4. architect
5. himself

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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect. by : Sir Walter Scott

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