informed quotes

Possibly not, My Lord, but far better informed.

-Birkenhead, F(rederick) E(dwin) Smith, 1st Earl of
In reply to a judge who had complained 'I have read your case, Mr Smith, and I am no wiser now than I was when I started'. Quoted in 2nd Earl of Birkenhead F. E.: The Life of F. E. Smith, First Earl of Birkenhead (1959), ch.9.

Where we desire to be informed,'tisgood to contest with men above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions,'tis best to argue with judgements below ourown, that the frequent spoils and victories over their reasonsmaysettleinourselvesanesteemand confirmed opinion of our own.

-Browne, SirThomas
^5  Religio Medici (published1643), pt.1, section 6.

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