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Frank Cotolo
July 2, 2020 |
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Notable figures in all walks of life have kept diaries over the history of mankind. Now, thanks to
manipulative reporting, we are able to publish more parts of the personal writings of historic
figures. The translations are by Zhmar Coricost.
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John Adams, 1785
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When I look at my son, John Quincy, I see in him a President of the United States that I could not
be, simply due to fate. I am pissed at having done it because no one will remember me, the second
President of this country. I'm an asterisk, a place horse. At least with a middle name like Quincy
and a number greater than two, my son will be a part history.
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Louis XVI of France, 1774
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Royalty is not what it used to be. This independence thing that is spreading around the world like
the rash on my thigh is going to be the death of us, the entitled, the rich bloodlines that make
some people better than others. I feel a blackness within, and what is worse? It is a dark
blackness.
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Voltaire, 1723
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These are wonderful things, words. They inspire all but the animals that cannot read them, which
is most humans, if, that is, they learn to read. I am vague, sometimes. All right, most often.
Still I poke the pen into the ink and scratch along the parchment those things, words. Each one
verifies, signifies and other-fies our essence. Best of all, there is no heavy lifting involved.
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