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History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up. – Voltaire

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The day before yesterday always has been a glamour day. The present is sordid and prosaic. Time colors history as it does a meerschaum pipe. – Vincent Starrett, Buried Caesars

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