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

mind one's p's and q's

[mind one's p's and q's] {v. phr.} To be very careful what you do or say; not make mistakes. * /When the principal of the school visited the class the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

mind

[mind] See: [CROSS ONE'S MIND] or [PASS THROUGH ONE'S MIND], [GIVE A PIECE OF ONE'S MIND], [HALF A MIND], [IN MIND], [IN ONE'S MIND'S EYE], [MAKE UP ONE'S MIND], [NEVER […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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