Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber and takes out our brains …

Charles Caleb Colton
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Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber and takes out our brains to make room for it. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.300
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