Edward de Bono (1933) Maltese physician
Source: I Am Right You Are Wrong: From This to the New Renaissance: From Rock Logic to Water Logic
“Custom ’tis alone That countless follies covers and defends.”
Satire, I., V. — ""A Sansedonio.""
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 435.
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