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We must cultivate our garden.

Voltaire

Candide

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Gardens Simple living

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Candide

Author

Voltaire

Source

Candide

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Language

French

Time

1759 1750s 18th century

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Voltaire. Candide, ou l'Optimisme [Candide: or, All for the Best]. Geneva: Gabriel Cramer, 1759, ch. 30.

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Voltaire. Candide, edited by Nicholas Cronk. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016, ch. 30.

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Drink does not drown Care, but waters it and makes it grow faster.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Drowning one's sorrows Downsides of alcohol Alcohol

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Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1749 1740s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1749.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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In all ages of the world, priests have been enemies to liberty.

David Hume

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Anti-clericalism Enemies of freedom Freedom

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David Hume

Source

Of the Parties of Great Britian Essays, Moral and Political

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1741 1740s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Hume, David. "Of the Parties of Great Britain." Essays, Moral and Political. Edinburgh: A. Kincaid, 1741, no. 9.

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Hume, David. "The Parties of Great Britain." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary: Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp and Mark A Box. Oxford University Press, 2022, pt. 1, no. 9.

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And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years.

God

Numbers 14:33

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God and the Jewish people

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God

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Numbers The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Numbers 14:33).

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With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

Rhett Butler

Gone with the Wind

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Reputation

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Rhett Butler

Actor

Clark Gable

Source

Gone with the Wind

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Historical romance (film) Epic Historical romance

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Gone with the Wind. Directed by Victor Fleming. Selznick International Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

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I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany.

Ron Burgundy

Anchorman

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Self-importance Delusion Reputation

Speaker

Ron Burgundy

Actor

Will Ferrell

Source

Anchorman

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Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Directed by Adam McKay, Apatow Productions, 2004.

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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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The sublime

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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Historical literature

Language

French

Time

1812 1810s 19th century

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Bonaparte, Napoleon. Quoted in Histoire de I'Ambassade dans le grand-duche de Varsovie en 1812 [History of the Embassy in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1812], written by M. de Pradt. Paris: Pilet, 1815.

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Treat yo'self.

Tom Haverford

Parks and Recreation

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Self-care

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Tom Haverford

Actor

Aziz Ansari

Source

Parks and Recreation

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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"Pawnee Rangers." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Alan Yang, directed by Charles McDougall, season 4, episode 4, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2011.

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Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

Leonardo da Vinci

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Inaction Stagnation Staying active

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Leonardo da Vinci

Source

Journals of Leonardo da Vinci

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Italian

Time

1519 1510s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Da Vinci, Leonardo. The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. c. 1519.

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A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

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Political parties Political theory Politics

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John Stuart Mill

Source

On Liberty

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Essay

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Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 2.

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Mill, John Stuart. "On Liberty." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 5.

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I said "biiiitch"…

Key & Peele

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Conflict in relationships Relationships Gender relations Men and women

Speaker

Craig

Actor

Jordan Peele

Source

Key & Peele

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sketch comedy Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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"Bitch." Key and Peele, written by Jordan Peele and Sean Conroy and Rebecca Drysdale, directed by Peter Atencio, season 1, episode 1, Cindylou and Martel & Roberts Productions, 2012.

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My dream is to become hopeless.

George Costanza

Seinfeld

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Dreams Hopelessness and despair

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George Costanza

Actor

Jason Alexander

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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"The Fix Up." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Elaine Pope, directed by Tom Cherones, season 3, episode 16, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1992.

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We cannot reform our forefathers.

George Eliot

Adam Bede

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Morality of the past The past Progress

Author

George Eliot

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Adam Bede

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Eliot, George. Adam Bede. Edinburgh/London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1859, ch. 53.

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Eliot, George. Adam Bede, edited by Carol A. Martin. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 53.

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There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn’t that kind of the point?

Pam Beesly

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The Office

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Beauty The ordinary and mundane

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Pam Beesly

Actor

Jenna Fischer

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The Office

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2013 2010s 21st century

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"Finale." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, directed by Ken Kwapis, season 9, episode 23, Deedle-Dee Productions and Shine America and Universal Television, 2013.

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I want a woman that will arouse my intellect as well as my loins.

Prince Akeem

Coming to America

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Attraction Men and women

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Prince Akeem

Actor

Eddie Murphy

Source

Coming to America

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Coming To America. Directed by John Landis, Eddie Murphy Productions, 1988.

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And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make.

The Beatles

The End

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Nature of love Love

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The Beatles

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The End Abbey Road

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. "The End." Performed by the Beatles. Abbey Road. Apple Records, 1969.

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Nothing is more fertile in prodigies than the art of being free; but there is nothing more arduous than the apprenticeship of liberty.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America

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Challenges of freedom Freedom

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Alexis de Tocqueville

Source

Democracy in America

Genre

Political literature

Language

French

Time

1835 1830s 19th century

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Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 1, London: Saunders and Otley, 1835, ch. 14, pt. 1.

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Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 1, ch. 14, pt. 1.

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Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.

James Madison

Federalist 55

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The mob Human nature

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James Madison

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Federalist 55 The Federalist Papers

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Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 55: The Total Number of the House of Representatives." New York Packet, 15 Feb. 1788.

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Madison, James. "No. 55: House Size: large enough to be safe.--Madison (or Hamilton)." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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I can only show you the door, you're the one that has to walk through it.

Morpheus

The Matrix

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Facing one's fears Leap of faith Taking risks

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Morpheus

Actor

Laurence Fishburne

Source

The Matrix

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Action (film) Science fiction Action

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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The Matrix. Directed by The Wachowskis. Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/Groucho II Film Partnership/Silver Pictures, 1999.

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We cannot all be friars, and many are the ways by which God leads his own to eternal life. Knight-errantry is religion.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

To Sancho Panza, on his asking whether, to get to heaven, we should all become monks.

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Vocation God and man Eternal life

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Don Quixote

Author

Miguel de Cervantes

Source

Don Quixote

Medium

Novel

Language

Spanish

Time

1615 1610s 17th century

Era

Spanish Golden Age

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De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.

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

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