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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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Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. – Jean Genet

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No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have a public school named after him. – Herbert Hoover

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In a sense, words are encyclopedias of ignorance because they freeze perceptions at one moment in history and then insist we continue to use these frozen perceptions when we should be doing better. – Edward de Bono

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