Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 2079 |
| AUTHOR: | Logan Pearsall Smith (1865–1946) |
| QUOTATION: | Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each other’s fur. |
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| SUBJECTS: | Writers and writing |