"'Good wine needs no bush', and if there were need to urge the reading of history it would be proof that history is too dull and unattractive to be read."

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In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I've no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I'm willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.

— Louisa May Alcott