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“Here lies the body of William Jones
Who all his life collected bones,
Till Death, that grim and boney spectre,
That universal bone collector,
Boned old Jones, so neat and tidy,
And here he lies, all bona fide.”
—Anonymous. Epitaph on William Jones, from Eleanor Broughtons Varia (1925)
“We know that their adventures are childish. They themselves are fools. They are ready to kill or be killed over a card-game in which an opponentor they themselveswas cheating. Yet, thanks to such fellows, tragedies are possible.”
—Jean Genet (19101986)
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