Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. - Mark Twain, Noteb

Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. – Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935

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That was but a prelude; where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people as well. – Heinrich Heine, Almansor, 1821 (“Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man Bücher v

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