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John Quincy Adams

The line-a-day diary entries of John Quincy Adams, beginning with his journey to Russia on 5 August 1809. A project of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
16,670 followers |

Samuel Johnson

Writer, Dictionary Compiler, Wit, Wracked by th'infernal GOUT
12,300 followers |

Historical Tweets

Humorous Twitter messages from the history books. The book hits stores in the U.S. on April 27.
6,657 followers |

Edgar Allan Poe

Woebegone Poet, Prickly scribbler of the Fantastic, Inebriate, Literary Critic, Editor
4,276 followers |

Charles Darwin

Geologist, naturalist and genteleman. On board The Beagle with Capt Fitzroy on a voyage around the world
3,656 followers |

George Washington

3,577 followers |

Kurt Vonnegut

3,390 followers |

Samuel Pepys

17th century London diarist Twittering 1667's events.
3,166 followers |

gandhi_bot

Quotes from the Mahatma, always served fresh !
2,783 followers |

William Shakespeare

Brevity is the soul of wit. http://www.flocabulary.com/macbeth.html
2,733 followers |

Sigmund Freud

Austrian psychiatrist.
2,103 followers |

JFK__1960

On the campaign trail with John F. Kennedy -- 50 years later. Experience the day-to-day workings of JFK's road to the White House. A project of the JFK Library.
1,925 followers |

Tiny Confucius

SEND ME YOUR Quotes from Confucius, Ancient Chinese philosophy.
1,829 followers |

William Shakespeare

What, pray, ist thou doing?
1,736 followers |

Thomas Jefferson

Author of the Declaration of American Independence of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and Graduate of the College of William and Mary
1,506 followers |

A Genius

Lover, genius, poet, playwright, lover, popinjay, lover
1,115 followers |

Boston Globe Books

News and reviews from the Boston Globe
904 followers |

Julia Child

Master Chef-Teaching the world the art of fine food
701 followers |

Ernest Hemingway

American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist.
649 followers |

Friedrich Nietzsche

Der Wanderer
639 followers |

William S. Burroughs

exterminator, novelist, social critic, opiate addict
452 followers |

George, Lord Byron

Poet and revolutionary.
406 followers |

Jonathan Swift

As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
403 followers |

Paul Revere

The famous Midnight Rider learning to spread news in the 21st century.
401 followers |

Charles Dickens

Author and journalist, living among the merry horrors of London
338 followers |

Marshall McLuhan

High Priest of Popcult, Metaphysician of Media
308 followers |

Paul Lessing

Inventor of advertising. Original Ad Maverick. Founder of Lessing-Flynn, the oldest ad agency west of the Mississippi. Loves a juicy steak over an open fire.
71 followers |

HenryThoreau

Henry David Thoreau, American Writer, Philosopher, Naturalist
56 followers |

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