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Bubba was my best good friend and even I know that ain’t something you can find just around the corner.

Forrest Gump

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Value of friendship Friendship

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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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Let them hate, so long as they fear.

Caligula

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Quoted in Lives of the Caesars, by Suetonius

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Fear in politics Hate Fear Authoritarianism

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Caligula

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Suetonius

Source

Lives of the Caesars

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Biography Historical literature

Language

Latin

Time

1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Accius, Lucius. Atreus. c. 86 BC, Rome, Italy.

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The individual is not accountable to society for his actions, in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.

John Stuart Mill

On Liberty

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Society and the individual

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John Stuart Mill

Source

On Liberty

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Essay

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Philosophical literature Political literature

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English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Mill, John Stuart. On Liberty. London: J.W. Parker and Son, 1859, ch. 5.

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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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If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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Do-gooders and busybodies

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Henry David Thoreau

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Economy Walden

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Autobiography and memoir

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English

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

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

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

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There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.

Abraham Lincoln

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The mob Protest Political progress Politics

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Abraham Lincoln

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Address before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1838 1830s 19th century

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Lincoln, Abraham. "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions." 27 Jan. 1838, Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, IL, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Address to the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.

Lucretius Carus

De Rerum Natura

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Nature of life Life

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Lucretius Carus

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De Rerum Natura

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Poem

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Philosophical literature Didactic poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

55 BC 50s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Carus, Titus Lucretius. De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things]. c. 55 BC, bk. 3, l. 971.

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Carus, Titus Lucretius. The Nature of Things, translated by Alicia Stallings. Penguin Classics, 2007, bk. 3, l. 971.

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For if liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.

Aristotle

Politics

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Freedom Equality Democracy

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Aristotle

Source

Politics

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Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 4.

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Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 4.

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Lovely and honorable it is to die for one's country.

Horace

Odes

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Dying for one's country Patriotism

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Horace

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Odes

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Poem

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Latin

Time

23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

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Classical antiquity

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Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 2.

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Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 3, no. 2.

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They don't grade fathers but if your daughter's a stripper, you fucked up!

Chris Rock

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Fathers and daughters Fatherhood Parenting Daughters Strippers

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Chris Rock

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Never Scared

Medium

Standup comedy

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Comedy

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Rock, Chris. Chris Rock: Never Scared. HBO, 17 Apr. 2004.

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Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded.

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

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FOMO Isolation Unhappiness

Author

Mary Shelley

Source

Frankenstein

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

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Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, ch. 10.

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Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text. Penguin Classics, 2018, ch. 10.

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There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of pain, tones of anger, voices loud and hoarse, and with these the sound of hands, made a tumult which is whirling through that air forever dark, as sand eddies in a whirlpool.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno

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Hell

Author

Dante Alighieri

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Inferno The Divine Comedy

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Poem

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Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

1321 1320s 14th century

Era

Middle Ages

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

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Tis strange,—but true; for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Truth vs. fiction Truth

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Lord Byron

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Don Juan

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Poem

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English

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1823 1820s 19th century

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Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Hunt, 1823, canto 14, st. 101.

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Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 14, st. 101.

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You’re a nice guy, but I actually only have three friends. I really can't handle any more.

Jerry Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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Friends

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Jerry Seinfeld

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Jerry Seinfeld

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Seinfeld

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TV program

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Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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"The Pool Guy." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and David Mandel, directed by Andy Ackerman, season 7, episode 8, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1995.

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The heart of man is made to reconcile contradictions.

David Hume

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Delusion Human nature

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David Hume

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Of the Parties of Great Britian Essays, Moral and Political

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Essay

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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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Man's love is of man's life a thing apart,
'Tis woman's whole existence.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Men and women Nature of love Love

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Lord Byron

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Don Juan

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Poem

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English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

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Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1819, canto 1, st. 194.

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Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 1, st. 194.

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Why do I always have the feeling that everybody’s doing something better than me on Saturday afternoons?

Jerry Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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FOMO

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Jerry Seinfeld

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Jerry Seinfeld

Source

Seinfeld

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TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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"The Parking Garage." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, directed by Tom Cherones, season 3, episode 6, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1991.

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I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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Crying Vulnerability

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Gandalf

Author

J.R.R. Tolkien

Source

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Medium

Novel

Genre

Fantasy

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. George Allen & Unwin, 1955, bk. 6, ch. 9.

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No, no. When a man's got money in his pocket, he begins to appreciate peace.

A Fistful of Dollars

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Middle class values

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Joe

Actor

Clint Eastwood

Source

A Fistful of Dollars

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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A Fistful of Dollars [Per un pugno di dollari]. Directed by Sergio Leone. Jolly Film/Constantin Film/Ocean Films, 1964.

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Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.

Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Interpretation and analysis Literature

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Mark Twain

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Novel

Genre

Children's literature Adventure novel

Statement Type

Warning

Language

English

Time

1884 1880s 19th century

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Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. London: Chatto & Windus, 1884, notice.

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Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, edited by R. Kent Rasmussen. Penguin Classics, 2014, notice.

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Looking at cleavage is like looking at the sun. You don’t stare at it. It’s too risky. Ya get a sense of it and then you look away.

Jerry Seinfeld

Seinfeld

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Women's bodies Women

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Jerry Seinfeld

Actor

Jerry Seinfeld

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

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Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

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English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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"The Shoes." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Peter Mehlman, directed by Tom Cherones, season 4, episode 16, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1993.

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