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Virtue is not always amiable.

John Adams

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Virtue

Author

John Adams

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1779 1770s 18th century

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Adams, John. Diary Entry. 9 Feb. 1779.

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I hold that, in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual... Continue to execute all the express provisions of our National Constitution, and the Union will endure forever - it being impossible to destroy it except by some action not provided for in the instrument itself.

Abraham Lincoln

First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln

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American government US Constitution American politics

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Abraham Lincoln

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First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

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Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1861, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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A lion doesn’t concern himself with the opinions of a sheep.

Tywin Lannister

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Game of Thrones

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Eff the haters

Speaker

Tywin Lannister

Actor

Charles Dance

Source

Game of Thrones

Medium

TV program

Genre

Fantasy (TV) Drama (TV) Fantasy Drama

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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"You Win or You Die." Game of Thrones, written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and George R.R. Martin, directed by Daniel Minahan, season 1, episode 7, Television 360 and Grok! Studio and Generator Entertainment, 2011.

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A son is a poor substitute for a lover.

Norman Bates

Psycho

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Mothers and sons

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Norman Bates

Actor

Anthony Perkins

Source

Psycho

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological thriller (film) Horror (film) Psychological horror Horror

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

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Psycho. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Shamley Productions, 1960.

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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Consistency

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Self-Reliance Essays: First Series (Emerson)

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

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

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Self-Reliance (1841)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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Art is not, as the metaphysicians say, the manifestation of some mysterious idea of beauty or God; it is not, as the aesthetical physiologists say, a game in which man lets off his excess of stored-up energy; it is not the expression of man's emotions by external signs; it is not the production of pleasing objects; and, above all, it is not pleasure; but it is a means of union among men, joining them together in the same feelings, and indispensable for the life and progress toward well-being of individuals and of humanity.

Leo Tolstoy

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Nature of art Purpose of art Art

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Leo Tolstoy

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What Is Art?

Medium

Essay

Language

Russian

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

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Tolstoy, Leo. What is Art? London: The Brotherhood Publishing Company, 1898.

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Tolstoy, Leo. What Is Art? Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, 1996.

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And they know neither sect nor idolatry, with the exception that all believe that the source of all power and goodness is in the sky, and they believe very firmly that I, with these ships and people, came from the sky, and in this belief they everywhere received me, after they had overcome their fear.

Christopher Columbus

Describing the natives of what came to be called Hispaniola.

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First contact with Native Americans

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Christopher Columbus

Medium

Letter

Language

Spanish

Time

1493 1490s 15th century

Era

Age of Exploration

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Columbus, Christopher. Letter to the Sovereigns on the First Voyage. 15 Feb. 1493 - 4 Mar. 1493.

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Columbas, Christopher. "Letter to various persons describing the results of his first voyage and written on the return journey." The Four Voyages, translated by J. M. Cohen. Penguin Classics, 1992.

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And do thy duty, even if it be humble, rather than another's, even if it be great. To die in one's duty is life: to live in another's is death.

Bhagavad Gita

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Duty

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Bhagavad Gita

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Sanskrit

Time

200 BC 200s BC 3rd century BC

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Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita. c. 200 BCE, ch. 3, v. 35.

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Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita, translated W. J. Johnson. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 3, v. 35.

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Who's the more foolish? The fool or the fool that follows it?

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

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Foolishness Fools

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Obi-Wan Kenobi

Actor

Alec Guinness

Source

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Science fiction (film) Epic Science fiction

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Directed by George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1977.

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Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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The universal vs. the particular The human condition

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Michel de Montaigne

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Of Profit and Honesty Essays

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Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

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De Montaigne, Michel. "Du Repentir [Of Repentance]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

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De Montaigne, Michel. "On Repenting." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

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He folded his fear into a perfect rose. He held it out in the palm of his hand. She took it from him and put it in her hair.

Arundhati Roy

The God of Small Things

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Vulnerability Fear

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Arundhati Roy

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The God of Small Things

Medium

Novel

Genre

Post-colonial literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. Random House, 1997, ch. 21.

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You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think it counts as love.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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Nature of love Self-denial Love

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Sam

Actor

Emma Watson

Source

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Directed by Stephen Chbosky, Mr. Mudd Productions, 2012.

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Fortune assists the brave.

Terence

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Taking risks Courage Fortune

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Terence

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Phormio

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

Latin

Time

161 BC 160s BC 2nd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Terence. Phormio. 161 BC, Ludi Romani, Rome, Italy.

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There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own

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Freedom of thought Freedom

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Virginia Woolf

Source

A Room of One's Own

Medium

Essay

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1929 1930s 20th century

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Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Hogarth Press/Harcourt Brace & Co., 1929, ch. 4.

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Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. Mariner Books, 2005, ch. 4.

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It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills.

Simone de Beauvoir

The Second Sex

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Man and animals Men and women

Author

Simone de Beauvoir

Source

The Second Sex

Genre

Historical literature Feminist literature

Language

French

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

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De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Deuxième Sexe [The Second Sex]. Vol. 1, Gallimard, 1949.

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De Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex, translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier. Vintage, 2011.

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You have been my friend... That in itself is a tremendous thing.

E. B. White

Charlotte's Web

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Friendship

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Charlotte

Author

E. B. White

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Charlotte's Web

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

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White, E. B. Charlotte's Web. Harper & Brothers, 1952, ch. 21.

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It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish.

Heraclitus

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Wish fulfillment Adversity

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Heraclitus

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B110.

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Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, DK B110.

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Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Knickerbocker

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Inevitability of death Passage of time Death The human condition

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source

A Psalm of Life The Knickerbocker

Medium

Poem Magazine

Language

English

Time

1838 1830s 19th century

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, [published anonymously]. "A Psalm of Life." The Knickerbocker. New York: Lewis Gaylord Clark, Oct. 1838, I. 13.

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "A Psalm of Life." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, I. 13.

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Wisdom is sold in the desolate market where none come to purchase.

William Blake

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Lack of wisdom Wisdom

Author

William Blake

Source

Vala, or The Four Zoas

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1827 1820s 19th century

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Blake, William and Edwin John Ellis and William Butler Yeats. "Vala, or The Four Zoas." The Works of William Blake: Poetic, Symbolic and Critical. London: Bernard Quaritch, 1893, night 2.

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Blake, William. "The Four Zoas: Vala Night the Second." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008.

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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.

David Hume

A Treatise of Human Nature

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Reason and emotion Reason Emotion

Author

David Hume

Source

A Treatise of Human Nature

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1739 1730s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Hume, David, [published anonymously]. A Treatise of Human Nature. London: John Noon, 1739, bk. 2, pt. 3, sect. 3.

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Hume, David. "A Treatise of Human Nature." The Clarendon Edition of the Works of David Hume, edited by David Fate Norton and Mary J. Norton. Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 2007, bk. 2, pt. 3, sect. 3.

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