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The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.

John Milton

Paradise Lost

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Power of thought Perspective The mind

Author

John Milton

Source

Paradise Lost

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1667 1660s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Milton, John. Paradise Lost. London: Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 1, I. 254.

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"Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, I. 254.

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In truth we know nothing, for truth lies in the depth.

Democritus

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Nature of truth Truth Knowledge Epistemology

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Democritus

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Diogenes Laërtius

Source

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

400 400s 3rd century

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Pyrrho. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 9, ch. 11, sect. 72.

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Pyrrho. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk 9, ch. 11, sect. 72.

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Maybe the past is like an anchor holding us back. Maybe, you have to let go of who you were to become who you will be.

Carrie

Sex and the City

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Letting go of the past The past

Speaker

Carrie

Actor

Sarah Jessica Parker

Source

Sex and the City

Medium

TV program

Genre

Romantic comedy (TV) Comedy (TV) Romantic comedy Comedy

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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"Anchors Away." Sex and the City, written by Darren Star and Michael Patrick King and Candace Bushnell, directed by Charles McDougall, season 5, episode 1, Darren Star Productions, 2002.

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Being totally honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Sigmund Freud

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Honesty Personal development

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Sigmund Freud

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Letter

Statement Type

Advice

Language

German

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

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Freud, Sigmund. Letter to Wilhelm Fliess. 15 Oct. 1897.

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Freud, Sigmund. The Complete Letters of Sigmund Freud to Wilhelm Fliess, 1887-1904, translated and edited by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. Harvard University Press, 1985.

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I spend my life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless, but not men.

Don Vito Corleone

The Godfather

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Carelessness Being a man

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Don Vito Corleone

Actor

Marlon Brando

Source

The Godfather

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Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1972 1970s 20th century

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The Godfather. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures/Alfran Productions, 1972.

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What if this is as good as it gets?

As Good As It Gets

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The human condition

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Melvin Udhall

Actor

Jack Nicholson

Source

As Good As It Gets

Medium

Film

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

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Question

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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As Good As It Gets. Directed by James L. Brooks, TriStar Pictures/Gracie Films, 1997.

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My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.

Mark Twain

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

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Patriotism

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Mark Twain

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1889 1880s 19th century

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Twain, Mark. A Yankee in King Arthur's Court. New York: Charles L. Webster and Co., 1889, ch. 13.

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Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, edited by Henry B. Wonham. W. W. Norton & Company, 2018, ch. 13.

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I would always rather be happy than dignified.

Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

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Happiness Dignity

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Jane Eyre

Author

Charlotte Brontë

Source

Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

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Brontë, Charlotte, [published as Currer Bell]. Jane Eyre: An Autobiography. Vol. 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1847, ch. 34.

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Brontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Penguin Classics, 2006, ch. 34.

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If we cannot secure all our rights, let us secure what we can.

Thomas Jefferson

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Political compromise

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Thomas Jefferson

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Letter

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to James Madison. 15 Mar. 1789.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "James Madison, March 15, 1789." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

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Every one who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit.

John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

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Social Contract Society and the individual

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John Stuart Mill

Source

On Liberty

Medium

Essay

Genre

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. 4.

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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. 4.

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Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty four?

The Beatles

When I'm Sixty Four

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Growing old together Aging

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The Beatles

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When I'm Sixty Four Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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Song

Genre

Rock music

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. "When I'm Sixty Four." Performed by The Beatles. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Parlophone Records/Capitol Records, 1967.

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If all evil were prevented, much good would be absent from the universe. A lion would cease to live, if there were no slaying of animals; and there would be no patience of martyrs if there were no tyrannical persecution.

St. Thomas Aquinas

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Problem of evil

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St. Thomas Aquinas

Source

Summa Theologicae

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Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

1265 1260s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Saint Thomas Aquinus. Summa Theologica. c. 1274, pt. 1.

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Saint Thomas Aquinus. The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Provinc. Christian Classics, 1981, pt. 1.

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The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Old vs. young Youth Old age

Speaker

Lord Henry "Harry" Wotton

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Medium

Novel Magazine

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 12.

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Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 19.

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I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free.

Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

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Freedom of youth Girlhood Youth

Speaker

Catherine Earnshaw

Author

Emily Brontë

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Wuthering Heights

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

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Brontë, Emily, [published as Ellis Bell]. Wuthering Heights. Vol. 1, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1847, ch. 12.

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Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights, edited by Alexandra Lewis. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, ch. 12.

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Blessed is he that expects nothing for he shall never be disappointed.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Low expectations Managing expectations Expectations

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Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1739 1730s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1739.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1739." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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You don't fool with a man's family. This is my son, not yours.

A Bronx Tale

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Family

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Lorenzo

Actor

Robert De Niro

Source

A Bronx Tale

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Crime (film) Coming of age Crime

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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A Bronx Tale. Directed by Robert De Niro, Price Entertainment/TriBeCa Productions, 1993.

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Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

Winston Churchill

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Near death experiences

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Winston Churchill

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The Malakand Field Force

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1898 1890s 19th century

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Churchill, Winston Spencer. The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War. London: Pearson Longman, 1898, ch. 10.

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Churchill, Winston Spencer. The Story of the Malakand Field Force. Dover Publications, 2010, ch. 10.

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As she frequently remarked when she made any such mistake, it would be all the same a hundred years hence.

Charles Dickens

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

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Mistakes Perspective

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Mrs. Squeers

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1838 1830s 19th century

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Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. London: Chapman and Hall, May 1838, issue 3, ch. 9.

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Dickens, Charles. Nicholas Nickleby, edited by Mark Ford. Penguin, 1999, ch. 9.

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I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.

Mary Wollstonecraft

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

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Women's rights Gender relations Women

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

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Political literature Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1792 1790s 18th century

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Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. Boston: Thomas and Andrews/London: J. Johnson, 1792, ch. 4.

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Wollstonecraft, Mary. "A Vindication of the Rights of Women." A Vindication of the Rights of Women and A Vindication of the Rights of Men, edited by Janet Todd. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 4.

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You and I have unfinished business.

Kill Bill: Volume 2

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Unfinished business

Speaker

Beatrix Kiddo

Actor

Uma Thurman

Source

Kill Bill: Volume 2

Medium

Film

Genre

Martial arts (film) Action (film) Martial arts Action

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Kill Bill: Volume 2. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, A Band Apart, 2004.

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