--- title: "3 Mark S. Smith Quotes" description: "Mark Stratton John Matthew Smith is an American Old Testament scholar and professor. Browse 3 Mark S. Smith quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-mark-s-smith-84538.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Mark S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-mark-s-smith-84538.jpg) # Mark S. Smith **3** quotes in **2** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Mark Stratton John Matthew Smith is an American Old Testament scholar and professor. ## Quotes by Mark S. Smith > [“Our limited data force a sense of historical fragility: even as I nurture interpretation, I continually run the risk of creating it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-s-smith/our-limited-data-force-a-sense-of-historical-fragility-even-as-i/) [Mark S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-s-smith/) [Fragility](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fragility/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/mark-s-smith-84538_fragility_our-limited-data-force-a-sense-of-histor_57058.jpg) > [“(So T. S. Eliot’s helpful reminder from “Gerontion”: “History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors / And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-s-smith/so-t-s-eliot-s-helpful-reminder-from-gerontion-history-has-many/) [Mark S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-s-smith/) [History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a25/mark-s-smith-84538_history_so-t-s-eliot-s-helpful-reminder-from-ger_706811.jpg) > [“For once I myself saw with my own eyes      the Sibyl at Cumae hanging in a cage,          and when the boys said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-s-smith/for-once-i-myself-saw-with-my-own-eyes-the-sibyl-at-cumae-hanging-in/) [Mark S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-s-smith/) [Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad1/mark-s-smith-84538_waste-land_for-once-i-myself-saw-with-my-own-eyes-t_852366.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-s-smith/#itemlist", "name": "Mark S. 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