[Ads-l] Quote: Everything is OK in the end. If it's not OK, it's not the end

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

This is a follow-up message to my request made December 15, 2022.
Special thanks to Laurence Horn who accessed the crucial 1988 citation
via the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University.
An article about the saying in the subject line is now available.

Full article:  https://quoteinvestigator.medium.com/71150b21af01

Abbreviated article: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2023/01/01/everything-ok/

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Great thanks to Susan May, Kenneth Womack, Martin, Tarjei Theo Flove,
Svend Jacobsen, James Callan, Karen Carlson, Mark Milano, and Johann
Richard whose inquiries led QI to formulate this question and perform
this exploration. Svend Jacobsen helpfully pointed to the information
given on “Yahoo! Answers”.

Many thanks to German quotation expert Gerald Krieghofer for his
valuable research on this topic which is available here. Also, thanks
to mailing list discussants and correspondents Fred Shapiro, Peter
Reitan, and John McChesney-Young.
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Here is the link to Gerald Krieghofer's article on the topic in German.
https://quoteinvestigator.medium.com/71150b21af01

Garson O’Toole

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