"En effet, l'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs."
— Voltaire

January 1, 1970

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Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. — L'Ingénu, ch.10 (1767) — Quoted in The End, part 13 of A Series of Unfortunate Events