"I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible."

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Source : Manfred Von Richthofen (2009). “The Red Baron”, p.41, Pen and Sword

Manfred von Richthofen

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