Who said “Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge.”?

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David Mellor. A published source records them saying or writing it.

SourceQuestion Time BBC1 (3 December 1992).

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Mellor, D. (n.d.). Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/15961-lawyers-are-like-rhinoceroses-thick-skinned-short-sighted/

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Mellor, David. “Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/15961-lawyers-are-like-rhinoceroses-thick-skinned-short-sighted/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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Mellor, David. “Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/15961-lawyers-are-like-rhinoceroses-thick-skinned-short-sighted/.

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