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For man proposes, but God disposes.

Thomas à Kempis

The Imitation of Christ

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God's will Free will Making plans

Author

Thomas à Kempis

Source

The Imitation of Christ

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

1427 1420s 15th century

Era

Middle Ages

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A Kempis, Thomas. De Imitatione Christi [The Imitation of Christ]. c. 1427.

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A Kempis, Thomas. The Complete Imitation of Christ, translated by John Julian. Paraclete Press, 2012.

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The Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Councillor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Letter from Birmingham Jail

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Civil rights Political compromise American politics

Author

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Source

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Medium

Open letter Letter

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." 16 Apr. 1963.

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King, Martin Luther, Jr. "Letter from a Birmingham City Jail (1963)." A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches, edited by James M. Washington. HarperOne, 2003.

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Begin at the beginning...and go on till you come to the end: then stop.

Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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Lewis Carroll

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Medium

Novel

Genre

Children's literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

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Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan, 1865, ch. 12.

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Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Puffin Books, 2015, ch. 12.

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Adam was but human—this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple's sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden.

Mark Twain

Pudd'nhead Wilson

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Adam Temptation Human nature

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Pudd'nhead Wilson

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1893 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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The world was ours. We could do everything or nothing. All it had to be was anything 'cause it was always us.

Hook

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Looking back

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Tinkerbell

Actor

Julia Roberts

Source

Hook

Medium

Film

Genre

Adventure (film) Adventure

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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

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The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.

Thomas Jefferson

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Past generations

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Thomas Jefferson

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Letters of Thomas Jefferson

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Letter

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English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to John W. Eppes. 24 June 1813.

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You don't have the guts to be what you wanna be! You need people like me. You need people like me so you can point your fuckin' fingers and say, "That's the bad guy!"

Tony Montana

Scarface

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Cowardice Middle class respectability

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Tony Montana

Actor

Al Pacino

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Scarface

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Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma, Universal Pictures, 1983.

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While there's life, there's hope.

Cicero

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Hope springs eternal Hope

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Cicero

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

49 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Epistulae ad Atticum [Letters to Atticus]. c. 50, bk. 9, no. 10.

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Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Booker T. Washington

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Character Overcoming obstacles Personal responsibility

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Booker T. Washington

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Democracy and Education

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

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Washington, Booker T. "Democracy and America." 30 Sept. 1896, Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

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No nation was ever ruined by trade.

Benjamin Franklin

The Annual Register, Or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1779

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Trade and commerce Economic theory

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Benjamin Franklin

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Thoughts on Commercial Subjects The Annual Register, Or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1779

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English

Time

1780 1780s 18th century

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Thoughts on Commercial Subjects." The Annual Register, Or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1779. London: J. Dodsley, 1780.

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Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

Adam Smith

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

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Mercy Punishment Legal theory Moral theory

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Adam Smith

Source

The Theory of Moral Sentiments

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Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1759 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. London: Andrew Millar/Edinburgh: Alexander Kincaid and J. Bell, 1759, pt. 2, sect 2, ch. 3.

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Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments, edited by Ryan Patrick Hanley. Penguin, 2010, pt. 2, sect 2, ch. 3.

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It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

Mark Twain

Pudd'nhead Wilson

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Diversity of opinion Thinking for oneself

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Mark Twain

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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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No compulsion is there in religion.

Muhammad

The Quran

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Freedom of religion Religion

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Muhammad

Source

The Quran

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Arabic

Time

632 630s 7th century

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The Quran. c. 630, 2:256.

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The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 2.

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Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form
from off my door!
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

Edgar Allan Poe

New York Evening Mirror

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Torment

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Edgar Allan Poe

Source

The Raven New York Evening Mirror

Medium

Poem Newspaper

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

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Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven." New York Evening Mirror, 29 Jan. 1845, st. 17.

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Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven." Edgar Allen Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick Quinn. Library of America, 1984, st. 17.

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The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated.

Eliza Doolittle

My Fair Lady

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Social class

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Eliza Doolittle

Actor

Audrey Hepburn

Source

My Fair Lady

Medium

Film

Genre

Musical comedy (film) Musical (film) Musical comedy Musical

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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My Fair Lady. Directed by George Cukor. Warner Bros., 1964.

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Let the punishment match the offense.

Cicero

On the Laws

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Theory of punishment Punishment

Speaker

Marcus

Author

Cicero

Source

On the Laws

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Legibus [On the Laws]. c. 43 BC, bk. 3, sect. 11.

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Yo baby, we talkin' about combinating and consolidating, that's what up!

Nino Brown

New Jack City

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Mergers and acquisitions

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Nino Brown

Actor

Wesley Snipes

Source

New Jack City

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Thriller (film) Crime Thriller

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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New Jack City. Directed by Mario Van Peebles, The Jackson/McHenry Company/Jacmac Films, 1991.

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The greatest good to the greatest number is the object to be attained.

Ulysses S. Grant

First Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant

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Utilitarianism Moral theory Political theory

Speaker

Ulysses S. Grant

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First Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

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Grant, Ulysses S. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1869, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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The longest-lived and the shortest-lived man, when they come to die, lose one and the same things.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Death as equalizer Length of life

Author

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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It is circumstance and proper timing that give an action its character and make it either good or bad.

Plutarch

Plutarch's Lives

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Moral theory Timing

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Plutarch

Source

Plutarch's Lives

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

119 110s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Plutarch. "Agesilaus." Βίοι Παράλληλοι [Parallel Lives]. c. 2nd century.

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Plutarch. "Agesilaus." Roman Lives: A Selection of Eight Roman Lives, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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