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Put not your trust in princes.

Psalm 146:3

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God and politics

Source

Psalms The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 146:3).

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It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money.

Rounders

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Suckers Morality

Speaker

Mike McDermott

Actor

Matt Damon

Source

Rounders

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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Rounders. Directed by John Dahl, Spanky Pictures, 1998.

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Yet I shall temper so
Justice with mercy.

John Milton

Paradise Lost

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Mercy Justice

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John Milton

Source

Paradise Lost

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1667 1660s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Milton, John. Paradise Lost. London: Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 9, I. 77-78.

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"Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 10, I. 77-78.

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Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

Mark Twain

Pudd'nhead Wilson

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Bad habits Judging others

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Mark Twain

Source

Pudd'nhead Wilson

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

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Twain, Mark. "Pudd'nhead Wilson." The Century Magazine, Nov. 1893-Oct. 1894.

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Twain, Mark. "Pudd'nhead Wilson." Pudd'nHead Wilson and Other Tales, edited by R.D. Gooder. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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For it is commonly said: completed labors are pleasant.

Cicero

De Finibus

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Finishing a task Work

Author

Cicero

Source

De Finibus

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

45 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De finibus bonorum et malorum [On the ends of good and evil]. c. 45 BCE, bk. 2, ch. 32, sect. 105.

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Man will err while yet he strives.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust

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Inevitability of mistakes Mistakes

Speaker

The Lord

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Faust

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1808 1800s 19th century

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Prolog im Himmel [Prologue in Heaven: The Wager]." Faust. Eine Tragödie [Faust: A Tragedy]. Tübingen: J. G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1808.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Prologue in Heaven." Faust, Part One, edited by David Luke. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Virtue does not come from money, but from virtue comes money and all other good things to man, both to the individual and to the state.

Socrates

Quoted in Apology, by Plato

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Virtue Money

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Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Apology

Medium

Courtroom speech Speech

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Plato. Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους [Apology of Socrates]. Speech of legal self-defence which Socrates spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption. 399 BC, Athens, Greece.

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Plato. "Apology." Plato: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2017.

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A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.

Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities

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Existential solitude

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Charles Dickens

Source

A Tale of Two Cities

Medium

Novel

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Dickens, Charles. "A Tale of Two Cities." London: Chapman & Hall. April-Nov. 1859. Weekly serial.

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Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities, edited by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, bk. 1, ch. 3.

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Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

Mark Twain

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

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Mark Twain

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Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

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Twain, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1897, ch. 38.

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Twain, Mark. "Following the Equator." Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels, edited by Roy Blount Jr. Library of America, 2010, ch. 38.

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He [the prince] holds to what is right when he can but knows how to do wrong when he must.

Niccolo Machiavelli

The Prince

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Moral relativism Expediency Political theory

Author

Niccolo Machiavelli

Source

The Prince

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

Italian

Time

1532 1530s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Machiavelli, Niccolò. Il Principe [The Prince]. Rome: Antonio Blado d'Asola, 1532.

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Machiavelli, Nicolò. The Prince, translated by Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, 2005.

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Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks
Invisible, except to God alone.

John Milton

Paradise Lost

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Hypocrisy

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John Milton

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Paradise Lost

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Poem

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Epic poem Religious literature

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English

Time

1667 1660s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Milton, John. Paradise Lost. London: Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 3, I. 683.

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"Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 3, I. 683.

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You look a little older without your clothes on.

It's a Wonderful Life

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Nakedness Clothing

Speaker

George Bailey

Actor

Jimmy Stewart

Source

It's a Wonderful Life

Medium

Film

Genre

Christmas (film) Drama (film) Christmas Drama

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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It's a Wonderful Life. Directed by Frank Capra, Liberty Films, 1946.

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And even as a crack fiend, Mama
You always was a black queen, Mama.

Tupac Shakur

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Dear Mama

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Mothers and sons Mothers

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Tupac Shakur

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Dear Mama Me Against the World

Medium

Song

Genre

Hip hop

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Shakur, Tupac. "Dear Mama." Me Against the World. Interscope Records/Jive Records, 1995.

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To tell the truth, one is not born a genius: one becomes a genius.

Simone de Beauvoir

The Second Sex

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Womanhood Women

Author

Simone de Beauvoir

Source

The Second Sex

Genre

Historical literature Feminist literature

Language

French

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

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De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Deuxième Sexe [The Second Sex]. Vol. 1, Gallimard, 1949.

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De Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex, translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier. Vintage, 2011.

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It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities

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Death Afterlife

Speaker

Sydney Carton

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

A Tale of Two Cities

Medium

Novel

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Dickens, Charles. "A Tale of Two Cities." London: Chapman & Hall. April-Nov. 1859. Weekly serial.

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Dickens, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities, edited by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, bk. 3, ch. 15.

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Mankind have been created for the sake of one another.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Interconnectedness of all people Man as social animal

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Marcus Aurelius

Source

Meditations

Medium

Personal journal

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

180 180s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 8.

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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 8.

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The eternal error men make in imagining that happiness consists in the gratification of their wishes.

Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

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Getting what you want Happiness

Author

Leo Tolstoy

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Anna Karenina

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Russian

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

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Tolstoy, Leo. Анна Каренина [Anna Karenina]. The Russian Messenger, 1875-1877. Serial.

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Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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Whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your God.

Martin Luther

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Nature of God God and man God

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Martin Luther

Genre

Religious literature

Language

German

Time

1529 1520s 16th century

Era

Protestant Reformation

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Luther, Martin. Der Große Katechismus [The Large Catechism]. Wittenberg, 1529, first commandant.

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Luther, Martin. Luther's Large Catechism with Study Questions. Concordia Publishing House, 2010, first commandant.

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More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.

Tony Soprano

The Sopranos

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Indecision Decisions and choices

Speaker

Tony Soprano

Actor

James Gandolfini

Source

The Sopranos

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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"Whitecaps." The Sopranos, written by David Chase and Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, directed by John Patterson, season 4, episode 13, Chase Films and Home Box Office, 2002.

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Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time.

Casablanca

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Kisses

Speaker

Ilsa Lund

Actor

Ingrid Bergman

Source

Casablanca

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

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Casablanca. Directed by Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1942.

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