Benjamin Brewster (June 30, 1828 – August 23, 1897) was an American industrialist, financier, and one of the original trustees of Standard Oil.
- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice, while in practice, there is.
- The Yale Literary Magazine, volume 47, October 1881 - June 1882, p. 202. Herrick & Noyes, 1882. In it Brewster asks, "What does his lucid explanation amount to but this, that in theory there is no difference between theory and practice, while in practice there is?"
- A lawyer starts life giving $500 worth of law for $5 and ends giving $5 worth for $500.
- J. Jonathan Gabay. Gabay's Copywriters' Compendium, p. 550. Elsevier 2007.
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