"I have collected all the writings of the Empire and burnt those which were of no use."
— Qin Shi Huang

January 1, 1970

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As quoted in The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption (2006) by Clive Foss, p. 10, ISBN 1905204965