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Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Contentment True wealth Wealth Acceptance

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Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Question

Language

English

Time

1744 1740s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1744.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1744." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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Tsundoku Bibliophilia Reading Books

Author

Benjamin Franklin

Source

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, edited by Charles W. Elliot. P. F. Collier & Son, Co., 1909.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "The Autobiography." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005, pt. 1.

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We can never have enough of nature…. We need to witness our own limits transgressed, and some life pasturing freely where we never wander.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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Man and nature

Author

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Spring Walden

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Spring." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Spring." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

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I am running away from my responsibilities. And it feels good.

Michael Scott

The Office

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Avoiding responsibility

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Michael Scott

Actor

Steve Carell

Source

The Office

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

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"Money." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and Paul Lieberstein and Ricky Gervais, directed by Paul Lieberstein, season 4, episode 4, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2007.

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America stands alone as the world's indispensable nation.

Bill Clinton

Second Inaugural Address of Bill Clinton

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America as superpower America and the world

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Bill Clinton

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Second Inaugural Address of Bill Clinton Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Clinton, William J. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1997, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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You can have any brew you want...as long as it's a Corona.

Dominic Toretto

The Fast and The Furious

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Beer Alcohol

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Dominic Toretto

Actor

Vin Diesel

Source

The Fast and The Furious

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Action

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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The Fast and The Furious. Directed by Rob Cohen, Universal Pictures, 2001.

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Now mama said there’s only so much fortune a man really needs…and the rest is just for showing off.

Forrest Gump

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Wealth

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Forrest Gump

Actor

Tom Hanks

Source

Forrest Gump

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Forrest Gump. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, The Tisch Company, 1994.

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My child, you are still young, and time as it advances [888b] will cause you to reverse many of the opinions you now hold: so wait till then before pronouncing judgment on matters of most grave importance; and of these the gravest of all—though at present you regard it as naught—is the question of holding a right view about the gods and so living well, or the opposite.

Plato

Laws

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Belief in God How to live

Author

Plato

Source

Laws

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

346 BC 340s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Plato. Νόμοι [Laws]. c. 346 BC, bk. 10.

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Plato. Laws, translated by Tom Griffith, edited by Malcolm Schofield. Cambridge University Press, 2016, bk. 10.

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As for life, it is a battle and a sojourning in a strange land; but the fame that comes after is oblivion.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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The human condition

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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. 2.

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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 2.

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The gods are on the side of the stronger.

Tacitus

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God taking sides Might makes right

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Tacitus

Source

Histories (Tacitus)

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Latin

Time

110 BC 110s BC 2nd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Tacitus. Historiae [Histories]. Venice, c. 110, bk 4, ch. 17.

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Tacitus. The Histories, translated by W. H. Fyfe. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 4, ch. 17.

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If you expect a physician to help you, you must lay bare your wound.

Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

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Vulnerability

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Boethius

Source

The Consolation of Philosophy

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

523 520s 6th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Boethius. De Consolatione Philosophiae [On the Consolation of Philosophy]. 524, bk. 1, poem 4.

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Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy, translated by Victor Watts. Penguin Classics, 1999, bk. 1, poem 4.

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Time beat him. Time, you know, takes everybody out, it's undefeated.

Rocky Balboa

Creed

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Effects of time Time Aging

Speaker

Rocky Balboa

Actor

Sylvester Stallone

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Creed

Medium

Film

Genre

Sports (film) Drama (film) Sports Drama

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Creed. Directed by Ryan Coogler, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/New Line Cinema/Chartoff-Winkler Productions, 2015.

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I just don't know what I'm supposed to be. You know?

Lost in Translation

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Purpose of life Aimlessness Ennui

Speaker

Charlotte

Actor

Scarlett Johansson

Source

Lost in Translation

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Lost in Translation. Directed by Sofia Coppola, American Zoetrope/Elemental Films, 2003.

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Do get all on fire and be as cross as you please.

Susan B. Anthony

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Anger in politics Anger Politics Activism

Author

Susan B. Anthony

Source

Letters of Susan B. Anthony

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

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Anthony, Susan B. Letter to Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 5 June 1856.

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Yes, the purpose of war is to serve a political end, but the true nature of war is to serve itself.

Crimson Tide

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War

Speaker

Hunter

Actor

Denzel Washington

Source

Crimson Tide

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Thriller (film) Action Thriller

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Crimson Tide. Directed by Tony Scott, Hollywood Pictures/Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, 1995.

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All we've got is that maybe you love me and maybe I love you.

Samuel Spade

The Maltese Falcon

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Uncertain love Love

Speaker

Samuel Spade

Actor

Humphrey Bogart

Source

The Maltese Falcon

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

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The Maltese Falcon. Directed by John Huston, Warner Bros., 1941.

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The two aims of the Party are to conquer the whole surface of the earth and to extinguish once and for all the possibility of independent thought.

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Totalitarianism

Author

George Orwell

Source

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

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Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 2, ch. 9.

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Thou art as a lion of the waters and as a dragon of the sea.

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Quoting from Ezekiel 32:2.

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Whales

Author

Herman Melville

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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 82.

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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 82.

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The greatest gift which God in His bounty
Bestowed in creating,
And the most conformed to His own goodness
And that which He most prizes, was the freedom of the will,
With which the creatures that have intelligence,
They all and they alone, were and are endowed.

Dante Alighieri

Paradiso

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Free will

Author

Dante Alighieri

Source

Paradiso The Divine Comedy

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature

Language

Italian

Time

1321 1320s 14th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Alighieri, Dante. "Paradiso [Paradise]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

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Alighieri, Dante. "Paradiso." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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It is quite a three-pipe problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes.

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Red-Headed League

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Solving problems Confoundment

Speaker

Sherlock Holmes

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source

The Red-Headed League

Medium

Short story Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

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Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The Red-Headed League." The Strand Magazine. London: August 1891.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The Red-Headed League." The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2010.

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