Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
JUDGE: You are extremely offensive, young man.
SMITH: As a matter of fact, we both are, and the only difference between us is that I am trying to be, and you can't help it.
..........— F.E. Smith, Lord Birkenhead (1872 – 1930), British lawyer and Conservative politician. Quoted in F.E.: The Life of F.E. Smith First Earl of Birkenhead (1933) by Frederick Second Earl of Birkenhead (1959 edition), Chapter 9.
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