Clifton Fadiman

U.S. writer

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest.

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Clifton Fadiman, Any Number Can Play, 1957

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Georg C. Lictenberg

(1742-1799), German writer, Aphorisms Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all. www.sky-net-eye.com

mind one's p's and q's

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