Pun/history

Famous quotes containing the words pun and/or history:

“A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.”
—John Dennis (1657–1734)

“If you look at the 150 years of modern China’s history since the Opium Wars, then you can’t avoid the conclusion that the last 15 years are the best 15 years in China’s modern history.”
—J. Stapleton Roy (b. 1935)