Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Thomas Mann
Born: June 6, 1875
Died: August 12, 1955 (aged 80)
Bio: Paul Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.
Known for:
- The Magic Mountain (1924)
- Buddenbrooks (1901)
- Death in Venice (1912)
- Joseph and His Brothers (1943)
- Confessions of Felix Krull (1954)
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