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The war is over-the rebels are our countrymen again.

Ulysses S. Grant

Preventing his men from cheering after Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox.

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Topic

American Civil War Political reconciliation American politics

Speaker

Ulysses S. Grant

Medium

Speech

Genre

War speech

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Grant, Ulysses S. Preventing his men from cheering after Lee's surrender. 9 Apr. 1865, Appomattox Court House, Appomattox County, Virginia, USA.

Current Citation

Grant, Ulysses S. Quoted in "Civil War: A Narrative." Written by Shelby Foote. Vol. 3, Modern Library, 2011.

I know those law books mean a lot to you, but not out here. Out here a man settles his own problems.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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Topic

Frontier justice Rule of law

Speaker

Tom Doniphon

Actor

John Wayne

Source

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Directed by John Ford, John Ford Productions, 1962.

Ammu said that human beings were creatures of habit, and it was amazing the kind of things they could get used to.

Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

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Topic

Adaptability Human nature

Author

Arundhati Roy

Source

The God of Small Things

Medium

Novel

Genre

Post-colonial literature

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Random House, 1997, ch. 2.

Weaseling out of things is important to learn; it’s what separates us from the animals…except the weasel.

Homer Simpson

The Simpsons

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Topic

Man and animals Avoiding responsibility

Speaker

Homer Simpson

Actor

Dan Castellaneta

Source

The Simpsons

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Boy Scoutz 'n the Hood." The Simpsons, written by Matt Groening and James L. Brooks and Sam Simon, directed by Jeffrey Lynch, season 5, episode 8, Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television, 1993.

Love truth, but pardon error.

Voltaire

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Topic

Truth and error

Author

Voltaire

Source

Seven Discourses on Man, in Verse

Statement Type

Advice

Language

French

Time

1738 1730s 18th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Voltaire. "Deuxieme Discours: De La Liberte [Second Discourse: On Liberty]." Sept Discours en Vers sur l'Homme [Seven Discourses on Man]. Paris, 1738, no. 2.

The great man is the one who does not lose his [originally good] child's heart.

Mencius

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Topic

Childlike wonder

Author

Mencius

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

300 BC 300s BC 4th century BC

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

Mencius. Mengzi. c. 300 BC, bk. 4.

Current Citation

Mencius. Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau. Penguin Classics, 2005, bk. 4.

I'm sixteen years old. I'm not a child anymore.

The Little Mermaid

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Topic

Growing up Teenagers

Speaker

Ariel

Actor

Jodi Benson

Source

The Little Mermaid

Medium

Film

Genre

Animation (film) Musical (film) Animation Musical

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Little Mermaid. Directed by Rob Clements and John Musker, Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Feature Animation/Silver Scrreen Partners IV, 1989.

Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Topic

Heroes

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

Notebooks of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "Notebook E: Epigrams, Wise Cracks and Jokes." The Crack-Up, edited by Edmund Wilson. New Directions, 2009. Originally published in Notebook E, c. 1940.

If God was a bitch, there wouldn't be no nuclear bombs, no wars, no shit like that, cause that ain't in a bitch's nature.

Boyz n the Hood

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Topic

Nature of God Women God

Speaker

Doughboy

Actor

Ice Cube

Source

Boyz n the Hood

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Drama (film) Coming of age Drama

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Boyz n the Hood. Directed by John Singleton, Columbia Pictures, 1991.

To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.

Emily Post

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Topic

Conformity Custom and convention

Author

Emily Post

Source

Etiquette

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Post, Emily. Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home. Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1922.

Playing with my money is like playing with my emotions.

Friday

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Topic

Money

Speaker

Big Worm

Actor

Faizon Love

Source

Friday

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Friday. Directed by F. Gary Gray, New Line Productions/Ghetto Bird Productions, 1995.

For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Topic

End justifies the means Wrongdoing Moral relativism

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as a bonus and live it according to Nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own, for what could be more fitting?

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Topic

Letting go of the past Making the most

Author

Marcus Aurelius

Source

Meditations

Medium

Personal journal

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

180 180s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 7.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 7.

Wherefore not without cause has one of your own followers asked, "If God is, whence come evil things? If He is not, whence come good?"

Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

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Topic

Problem of evil

Author

Boethius

Source

The Consolation of Philosophy

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

523 520s 6th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

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

Current Citation

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

Rollin' down the street, smokin' indo'
Sippin' on gin and juice
Laid back (with my mind on my money and my money on my mind).

Snoop Dogg

Gin and Juice

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Topic

Taking it easy

Speaker

Snoop Dogg

Source

Gin and Juice Doggystyle

Medium

Song Album

Genre

Hip hop

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Snoop Dogg. "Gin and Juice." Doggystyle. Death Row Records/Interscope Records, 1993.

As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals.

Barack Obama

First Inaugural Address of Barack Obama

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Topic

War on Terrorism

Speaker

Barack Obama

Source

First Inaugural Address of Barack Obama Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Obama, Barack. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2009, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

Joan Didion

The White Album

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Topic

Stories

Author

Joan Didion

Source

The White Album The White Album

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Didion, Joan. "The White Album." The White Album. Simon & Schuster, 1979.

Oh, yeah, they're gonna talk to you, and talk to you, and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.

Easy Rider

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Topic

The man Freedom

Speaker

George Hanson

Actor

Jack Nicholson

Source

Easy Rider

Medium

Film

Genre

Road movie Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Easy Rider. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Pando Company Inc./Raybert Productions, 1969.

Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made: “What’s a Sun-Dial in the Shade?”

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Modesty Talent

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Advice

Language

English

Time

1750 1750s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1750.

Current Citation

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

We loved with a love that was more than love.

Edgar Allan Poe

New-York Daily Tribune

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Topic

Being in love Love

Author

Edgar Allan Poe

Source

Annabel Lee New-York Daily Tribune

Medium

Poem Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1849 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "Annabel Lee." New-York Daily Tribune, 9 Oct. 1849, l. 9.

Current Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "Annabel Lee." Edgar Allen Poe: Poetry and Tales, edited by Patrick Quinn. Library of America, 1984, l. 9.