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No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had

Samuel Johnson
Wise, Men, Hands
On Oliver Goldsmith, in James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 29 (1780).
No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had