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# Wilbur A. Smith

(1933–2021)   Screenwriter

 **3** quotes in **3** categories

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Wilbur A. Smith was a screenwriter.

## Quick Facts About Wilbur A. Smith

Born January 9, 1933

Died November 13, 2021

Profession Screenwriter

## About Wilbur A. Smith

South African novelist (1933–2021)... \| Wilbur Addison Smith was a Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specializing in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries.

##  Quotes by Wilbur A. Smith

> [“He mad no moral judgements. He accepted mankind as he found it, and looked for the profit to be made from its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilbur-a-smith/he-mad-no-moral-judgements-he-accepted-mankind-as-he-found-it-and/)

[Wilbur A. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilbur-a-smith/)

[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/wilbur-a-smith-88659_character_he-mad-no-moral-judgements-he-accepted-m_1322415.jpg)

> [“No profit was too small to despise; no loss was too small to abhor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilbur-a-smith/no-profit-was-too-small-to-despise-no-loss-was-too-small-to-abhor/)

[Wilbur A. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilbur-a-smith/)

[Loss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/loss/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/wilbur-a-smith-88659_loss_no-profit-was-too-small-to-despise-no-lo_1999863.jpg)

> [“I was sitting in the Temple of Karnak on the Nile, as the sun was going down, and I was all alone,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilbur-a-smith/i-was-sitting-in-the-temple-of-karnak-on-the-nile-as-the-sun-was/)

[Wilbur A. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilbur-a-smith/)

[Story Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/story-believe-1101678/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/589/wilbur-a-smith-88659_story-believe_i-was-sitting-in-the-temple-of-karnak-on_2596721.jpg)

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