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History — that little sewer where man loves to wallow. - Fra

History — that little sewer where man loves to wallow. – Francis Ponge

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Another way of approaching the thing is to consider it unnamed, unnamable. – Francis Ponge

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Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back. – William O. Douglas

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Historian: an unsuccessful novelist. – H.L. Mencken

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Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. – Gustave Flaubert

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History is past politics, and politics present history. – John Robert Seeley, The Growth of British Policy

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Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no more and and the average working woman can take care of no more in decent fashion. – Margaret Sanger

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