Chicago Historical Society

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    “You want to get Capone? Here’s how you get him: he pulls a knife, you pull a gun, he sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. It’s the Chicago way and that’s how you get Capone.”
    —David Mamet, U.S. screenwriter, and Brian DePalma. Jimmy Malone (Sean Connery)

    “Yet the companions of the Muses
    will keep their collective nose in my books
    And weary with historical data, they will turn to my dance tune.”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    “The applause we give those who are new to society often proceeds from a secret envying of those already established.”
    —François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)