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Thy sins be forgiven thee.

Jesus

Mark 2:5

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Forgiveness of sins

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Jesus

Source

Gospel of Mark The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Mark 2:5).

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I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being Queen of this country.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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England British monarchy

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Diana, Princess of Wales

Source

Panorama

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Princess Diana. "An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales." Panorama. Interviewed by Martin Bashir. BBC1 TV, 20 Nov. 1995.

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I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

A Fistful of Dollars

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Joe

Actor

Clint Eastwood

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A Fistful of Dollars

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Statement Type

Threat

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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No man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive he always wants to have sex with her.

When Harry Met Sally…

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Friendship between men and women Men and women Gender relations Friendship

Speaker

Harry Burns

Actor

Billy Crystal

Source

When Harry Met Sally…

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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When Harry Met Sally... Directed by Rob Reiner, Nelson Entertainment/Castle Rock Entertainment, 1989.

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It is anchorman, not anchorlady! And that is a scientific fact!

Anchorman

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Sexism

Speaker

Champ Kind

Actor

David Koechner

Source

Anchorman

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Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Directed by Adam McKay, Apatow Productions, 2004.

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Somebody once wrote: "Hell is the impossibility of reason." That's what this place feels like. Hell.

Platoon

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Vietnam War Nature of hell Hell

Speaker

Chris

Actor

Charlie Sheen

Source

Platoon

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Platoon. Directed by Oliver Stone, Hemdale Film Corporation, 1986.

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By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.

Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Moralism Morality Misanthropy

Author

Edmund Burke

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Reflections on the Revolution in France

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the Revolution in France. London: James Dodsley, 1790.

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Burke, Edmund. "Reflections on the Revolution in France." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

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I was shipwrecked before I got on board.

Seneca the Younger

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The human condition

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Seneca the Younger

Source

Epistles (Seneca the Younger)

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Seneca the Younger. Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium [Moral Letters to Lucilius]. c. 65 AD.

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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Letters on Ethics, translated by Margaret Graver and A. A. Long. University of Chicago Press, 2017.

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Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Eliphaz

Job 5:7

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The human condition

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Eliphaz

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 5:7).

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Poor man. Poor mankind.

William Faulkner

Light in August

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The human condition

Speaker

Reverend Gail Hightower

Author

William Faulkner

Source

Light in August

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Lament

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Faulkner, William. Light in August. Smith & Haas, 1932, ch. 4.

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Faulkner, William. Light in August, edited by Melanie Taylor. W. W. Norton & Company, 2022, ch. 4.

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I am in a world of shit, yes, but I am alive and I'm not afraid.

Private Joker

Full Metal Jacket

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Fearlessness War

Speaker

Private Joker

Actor

Matthew Modine

Source

Full Metal Jacket

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Full Metal Jacket. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Natant/Harrier Films, 1987.

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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Friends

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Friendship Essays: First Series (Emerson)

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Friendship." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Friendship." The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Brooks Atkinson. Modern Library, 2000.

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Every man desires to live long; but no man would be old.

Jonathan Swift

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Long life Old age Aging

Author

Jonathan Swift

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Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting

Medium

Essay

Genre

Satire

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1727 1720s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Swift, Jonathan. "Thoughts on Various Subjects." Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. 2nd ed, Vol. 1, London: Sam Fairbrother, 1727.

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Swift, Jonathan. "Thoughts on Various Subjects (1711)." Jonathan Swift: The Essential Writings, edited by Claude Rawson and Ian Higgins. W. W. Norton & Company, 2009.

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God is a sea of infinite substance.

St. John of Damascus

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Nature of God God

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St. John of Damascus

Source

The Fountain of Wisdom

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

749 740s 8th century

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Saint John of Damascus. "An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith." The Fountain of Wisdom. c. 749, bk. 1, ch. 9.

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For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

1st Timothy 6:7

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Can't take it with you The human condition

Source

1st Timothy The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

64 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Timothy 6:7).

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The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Fortune

Author

Edward Gibbon

Source

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 19th century

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Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 6, London: Cadell and Davies, c. 1789, ch. 68.

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Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 6. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 68.

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Against self-slaughter
There is a prohibition so divine
That cravens my weak hand.

William Shakespeare

Cymbeline

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Suicide Taboos

Speaker

Imogen

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Cymbeline

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1611 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Cymbeline. 1611, Blackfriars Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 4.

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Shakespeare, William. "Cymbeline." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 4.

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It is difficult not to be unjust to what one loves.

Oscar Wilde

Intentions

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Hurting others Love

Speaker

Gilbert

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Critic as Artist Intentions

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist." Intentions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1891, pt. 1.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist Part I." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.

Hesiod

Works and Days

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Hurting others Interconnectedness of all people

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Hesiod

Source

Works and Days

Medium

Poem

Genre

Didactic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Hesiod. Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι [Works and Days]. c. 700 BC, l. 265.

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Hesiod. "Works and Days." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 265.

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They breathe truth that breathe their words in pain.

William Shakespeare

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Telling the truth

Speaker

John of Gaunt

Author

William Shakespeare

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1595 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Richard II. 9 Dec. 1595, The house of Edward Hoby, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Richard the Second." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

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