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With copious evidence ranging from Platos haughtiness to Beethoven

With copious evidence ranging from Platos haughtiness to Beethovens tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot. – Stephen Jay Gould

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History should be written as philosophy. – Voltaire

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