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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear-not absence of fear.

Mark Twain

Pudd'nhead Wilson

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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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There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.

Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist

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Dickens, Charles. "Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress." Bentley's Miscellany. London: Richard Bentley, July 1837, issue 5, ch. 10.

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Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. Penguin, 2003, ch. 10.

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Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

God

Exodus 20:7

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 20:7).

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The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property.

Karl Marx

The Communist Manifesto

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Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels [published anonymously]. Manifest der kommunistischen Partei [Manifesto of the Communist Party]. London: Gedruckt in der Office der Bildungs-Gesellschaft für Arbeiter, 1848.

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Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, translated by Samuel Moore and Friedrich Engels. Penguin Classics, 2002.

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Blessed be he that invented sleep.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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De Cervantes, Miguel. Segunda Parte Del ingenioso caballero don Quixote de la Mancha [The Second Part of Don Quixote de la Mancha]. Spain: Francisco de Robles, 1615.

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De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.

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So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honour, they are satisfied.

Niccolo Machiavelli

The Prince

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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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One man’s ways may be as good as another’s, but we all like our own best.

Jane Austen

Persuasion

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Austen, Jane. Persuasion. London: John Murray, 1818, ch. 13.

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Austen, Jane. Persuasion. Penguin, 2003, ch. 13.

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The sooner every party breaks up, the better.

Jane Austen

Emma

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Austen, Jane. Emma. Vol. 2, London: John Murray, 1816, ch. 7.

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Austen, Jane. Emma, edited by Fiona Stafford. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 7.

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I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 3, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 16.

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 16.

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Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

Mark Twain

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

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Twain, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1897, ch. 66.

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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. 66.

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Love the little trade which you have learned, and be content with it.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 4.

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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 4.

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I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you... to make each day count.

Jack Dawson

Titanic

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Titanic. Directed by James Cameron, Paramount Pictures/20th Century Fox/Lightstorm Entertainment, 1997.

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But, to my mind, though I am native here
And to the manner born, it is a custom
More honored in the breach than the observance.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 4.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 4.

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By loving people without cause he discovered indubitable causes for loving them.

Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

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Tolstoy, Leo. "Война и миръ [War and Peace]." The Russian Messenger, 1865-1867. Serial.

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Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Those who want respect, give respect.

Tony Soprano

The Sopranos

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"The Knight in White Satin Armor." The Sopranos, written by David Chase and Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess, directed by Allen Coulter, season 2, episode 12, Chase Films and Home Box Office, 2000.

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