When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces upon me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool. (Sydney Smith)

When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces upon me is to convince me that he is an unalterable fool.

Sydney Smith

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