Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
Explanation
Jolie hypothèse elle explique tant de choses.
A pretty hypothesis which explains many things.
Quoted by Mr. Asquith, Speech in Parliament, March 29, 1917, as “a saying of a witty Frenchman.”
Denn wenn sich Jemand versteckt erklärt, so ist Nichts unhöflicher als eine neue Frage.
For when any one explains himself guardedly, nothing is more uncivil than to put a new question.
Jean Paul Richter—Hesperus. II.