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We tend to view history not as it was, but as we think it should have been.

— R. Garcia y Robertson The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures (1998)

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A man makes his mark as much by the quality of his enemies as by the quality of his friends.

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Staring into the face of a corpse is sure to make one question where life is headed.

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The king is free to call his greed taxation, and his misdeeds justice.

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Nothing beats going to bed dead and waking up alive.

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A single truth well-told did the work of a dozen lies.

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