David Mitchell (author) quote: I recalled my father-in-law's aphorism "To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom..." & ...

I recalled my father-in-law's aphorism "To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the whole court, feign boredom..." & I pretended to extract a speck from my eye.

~ David Mitchell (author) ~

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I recalled my father-in-law's aphorism "To fool a judge, feign fascination, but to bamboozle the who...

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