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Karl Julius Weber

(1767—1832), German writer

Life is a quarantine for paradise.

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Johann Goethe

(1749-1832), German author Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again. www.english-slang.com

live in a fools paradise

[live in a fool's paradise] {v. phr.} To deceive oneself; tell oneself unreal stories. * /His information is based on a lot of misunderstanding - the poor guy is living […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Johann Goethe

(1749-1832), German author Publishers are all cohorts of the devil; there must be a special hell for them somewhere. www.english-slang.com

fools paradise

[fool's paradise] See: [LIVE IN A FOOL'S PARADISE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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