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What is more agreeable than one's home?

Cicero

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Topic

Home

Author

Cicero

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

46 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Epistles ad Familiares [Letters to Friends]. c. 46 BC, bk. 4, no. 8.

Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Secrets

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1735 1730s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1735.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1735." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

I have a real problem with heights.

Hook

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Topic

Fear of heights Fear

Speaker

Peter Banning

Actor

Robin Williams

Source

Hook

Medium

Film

Genre

Adventure (film) Adventure

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hook. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Amblin Entertainment, 1991.

He said not "Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shall not be travailed, thou shalt not be diseased"; but he said, "Thou shalt not be overcome."

Julian of Norwich

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Topic

Adversity

Author

Julian of Norwich

Source

Revelations of Divine Love

Language

English

Time

1413 1410s 15th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Julian of Norwich. Revelations of Divine Love. London, c. 1670.

Current Citation

Julian of Norwich. Revelations of Divine Love, translated by Barry Windeatt. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 68.

Genius lasts longer than Beauty.

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Topic

Beauty fades Beauty Genius Aging

Speaker

Lord Henry "Harry" Wotton

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Medium

Novel Magazine

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 1.

Fried chicken just tend to make you feel better about life.

The Help

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Topic

Fried Chicken Comfort food Food

Speaker

Minny Jackson

Actor

Octavia Spencer

Source

The Help

Medium

Film

Genre

Historical drama (film) Drama (film) Historical drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Help. Directed by Tate Taylor, DreamWorks Pictures/Reliance Entertainment/Participant Media/Image Nation/1492 Pictures/Harbinger Pictures, 2011.

The most exquisite Folly is made of Wisdom spun too fine.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Justifications and rationales Wisdom

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1746 1740s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1746.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1746." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

And I look at you, and I...I'm home.

Finding Nemo

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Topic

Connecting with others Home

Speaker

Dory

Actor

Ellen DeGeneres

Source

Finding Nemo

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Animation

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Finding Nemo. Directed by Andrew Stanton, Pixar Animation Studios/ Walt Disney Pictures, 2003.

Jerry, this woman hates me so much, I’m starting to like her.

George Costanza

Seinfeld

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Topic

Dysfunctional relationships Relationships Hating men Men and women

Speaker

George Costanza

Actor

Jason Alexander

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"The Masseuse." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Peter Mehlman, directed by Tom Cherones, season 5, episode 9, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1993.

I detect, like me, you're endowed with the gift of gab.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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Topic

Talking too much Talking

Speaker

Everett

Actor

George Clooney

Source

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

O Brother, Where Art Thou? Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Touchstone Pictures/Universal Pictures/StudioCanal/Working Title Films/Blind Bard Pictures, 2000.

I don't want a new family. I don't want any family. Families suck!

Home Alone

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Topic

Family dysfunction Family

Speaker

Kevin

Actor

Macaulay Culkin

Source

Home Alone

Medium

Film

Genre

Christmas (film) Comedy (film) Christmas Comedy

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Home Alone. Directed by Chris Columbus, Hughes Entertainment , 1990.

When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.

Pliny the Elder

Naturalis Historia

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Topic

Instinct Mice Animals

Author

Pliny the Elder

Source

Naturalis Historia

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

Latin

Time

77 70s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Pliny the Elder. Historia Naturalis [Natural History]. 77 AD, bk. 8.

Current Citation

Pliny the Elder. Natural History: A Selection, translated by John F. Healy. Penguin Classics, 1991, bk. 8.

There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Proverbs 18:24

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Topic

Friendship Friends

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 18:24).

I am not Athenian or Greek but a citizen of the world.

Socrates

Quoted in Moralia, by Plutarch

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Topic

Citizens of the world Nationalism

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plutarch

Source

Moralia

Medium

Essay

Language

Greek

Time

1783 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Socrates. Quoted in "Περὶ φυγῆς [On Exile]." Written by Plutarch. Ἠθικά Ethika [Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

When life gets you down, you know what you gotta do? Just keep swimming.

Finding Nemo

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Topic

Perseverance

Speaker

Dory

Actor

Ellen DeGeneres

Source

Finding Nemo

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Animation

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Finding Nemo. Directed by Andrew Stanton, Pixar Animation Studios/ Walt Disney Pictures, 2003.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

Moral principles Moral absolutism

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Last Public Address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Last Public Address." 11 Apr. 1865, White House, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech on Reconstruction, Washington, D.C., April 11, 1865." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

When the candles are out all women are fair.

Plutarch

Moralia

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Topic

Sex

Author

Plutarch

Source

Moralia

Medium

Essay

Language

Greek

Time

100 100s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Plutarch. "Γαμικὰ παραγγέλματα [Advice to Bride and Groom]." Ἠθικά Ethika [The Moralia]. c. 100 AD.

Current Citation

Plutarch. "Advice to Bride and Groom." Moralia, translated by Frank Cole Babbitt. Vol. 2, Harvard University Press, 1928.

No room in this city for big hearts like hers.

Carlito's Way

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Topic

Cruel world

Speaker

Carlito

Actor

Al Pacino

Source

Carlito's Way

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Carlito's Way. Directed by Brian De Palma, Epic Productions/Bregman/Baer Productions, 1993.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

J.R.R. Tolkien

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Topic

How to live Decisions and choices Time Life

Speaker

Gandalf

Author

J.R.R. Tolkien

Source

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Medium

Novel

Genre

Fantasy

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. George Allen & Unwin, 1954, ch. 2.

Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot
That it do singe yourself.

William Shakespeare

Henry VIII

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Topic

Enemies Revenge

Speaker

Norfolk

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Henry VIII

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1613 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William and John Fletcher. Henry VIII. King's Men, 1613, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Henry the Eighth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblattet al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 1.