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If a secret history of books could be written, and the authors pri

If a secret history of books could be written, and the authors private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! – William Makepeace Thackeray

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

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History is the story of events, with praise or blame. – Cotton Mather

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History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes. – Paul Eldridge, Maxims for a Modern Man

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I am privileged to be a citizen of the single greatest society in all of human history. – Marco Rubio

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