"The name of Peru was not known to…" — William Prescott
"The name of Peru was not known to the natives."
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- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does… — Dean Acheson
- He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He… — Isaac Asimov
- I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed… — Margaret Atwood
- The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- God is best known in not knowing him. — Saint Augustine
- For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics. — Roger Bacon
- It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited… — Douglas Adams
- I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on… — Tallulah Bankhead
- I can tell you that I'd rather be kissed by my dogs than by some people I've known. — Bob Barker
- On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned. — Christiaan Barnard
- Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking. — Bernard Baruch
- Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life… — Bernard Baruch