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Clarence Darrow

(1857—1938)

U.S. attorney

History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.

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(1857-1938) U.S. attorney I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it. www.english-slang.com

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(1857-1938), US attorney I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a lot more if I had been understood. www.english-slang.com

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(1857-1938) U.S. attorney I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one. www.english-slang.com

go down in history

[go down in history] or [go down in the records] {v. phr.} To be remembered or recorded for always. * /The lives of great men go down in history./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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