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As it happens, there are particular aspects of my life to which I would like to maintain sole and exclusive rights and privileges.

All About Eve

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Topic

Privacy

Speaker

Margo

Actor

Bette Davis

Source

All About Eve

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

All About Eve. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 20th Century Fox, 1950.

Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus

Matthew 18:3

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Topic

Faith like a child Jesus and children Faith

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 18:3).

No one knows what he can do till he tries.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Topic

Finding one's limits

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.

The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

Horace

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Topic

Ravages of time Effects of time Passage of time Time

Author

Horace

Source

Epistles 2

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

14 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Horace. Epistularum liber secundus [Second Book of Letters]. 14 BC, bk. 2, epistle 2.

Current Citation

Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 2, epistle 2.

Nothing is miserable but what is thought so, and contrariwise, every estate is happy if he that bears it be content.

Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

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Topic

Perception vs. reality Happiness

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. 2, poem 4.

Current Citation

Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy, translated by Victor Watts. Penguin Classics, 1999, bk. 2, poem 4.

Any one watching keenly the stealthy convergence of human lots, sees a slow preparation of effects from one life on another, which tells like a calculated irony on the indifference or the frozen stare with which we look at our unintroduced neighbor.

George Eliot

Middlemarch

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Topic

Interconnectedness of all people

Author

George Eliot

Source

Middlemarch

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1872 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Eliot, George. Middlemarch. William Edinburgh/London: Blackwood and Sons, 1871–1872, bk. 1, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Eliot, George. Middlemarch, edited by Rosemary Ashton. Penguin Classics, 2003, bk. 1, ch. 11.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Confidence How to succeed Success

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Letters of Mark Twain

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Twain, Mark. Letter to Mrs. Foote. 2 Dec. 1887.

God, or in other words, Nature.

Baruch Spinoza

Ethics

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Topic

Pantheism God and nature Nature of God God

Author

Baruch Spinoza

Source

Ethics

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

1677 1670s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Spinoza, Baruch. Ethica, Ordine Geometrico Desmonstrata [Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order]. 1677, pt. 4, preface.

Current Citation

Spinoza, Benedict. Ethics, translated by Michael Silverthorne and Matthew J. Kinser. Cambridge University Press, 2018, pt. 4, preface.

Rest and be kind, you don't have to prove anything.

Jack Kerouac

The Dharma Bums

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Topic

Nothing to prove Self-acceptance Kindness

Author

Jack Kerouac

Source

The Dharma Bums

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kerouac, Jack. The Dharma Bums. Viking Press, 1958, ch. 11.

This is living, not to live unto oneself alone.

Menander

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Topic

Man as social animal Serving others

Author

Menander

Source

The Brothers in Love

Medium

Fragment

Language

Greek

Time

290 BC 290s BC 3rd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Menander. The Brothers in Love. c. 3rd century BC, fragment 508.

Death visited me this morning. We are playing chess together.

The Seventh Seal

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Topic

Grim reaper Death Chess

Speaker

Antonius Block

Actor

Max von Sydow

Source

The Seventh Seal

Medium

Film

Genre

Fantasy drama (film) Drama (film) Fantasy drama Drama

Language

Swedish

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Det sjunde inseglet [The Seventh Seal]. Directed by Ingmar Bergman, Svensk Filmindustri, 1957.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Jesus

Matthew 6:34

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Topic

Worry Tomorrow The future Sermon on the Mount

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Matthew 6:34).

If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.

William Blake

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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Topic

The infinite Appearance vs. reality Perception

Author

William Blake

Source

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Medium

Poem

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1793 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Blake, William. "The Argument." The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. c. 1790.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.

You must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Apostle Paul

Acts 20:35

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Topic

Charity Giving Generosity

Speaker

Apostle Paul

Source

Book of Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. The Lockman Foundation, 1971. (Acts 20:35).

What you call love was invented by guys like me... To sell Nylons.

Don Draper

Mad Men

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Topic

Advertising and marketing Love

Speaker

Don Draper

Actor

Jon Hamm

Source

Mad Men

Medium

TV program

Genre

Drama (TV) Drama

Language

English

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes." Mad Men, written by Matthew Weiner, directed by Alan Taylor, season 1, episode 1, Lionsgate Television and American Movie Classics and Weiner Bros., 2007.

Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.

Herodotus

Histories

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Topic

Overcoming obstacles

Author

Herodotus

Source

Histories

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 8, ch. 98.

Current Citation

Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 8, ch. 98.

You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows.

Bob Dylan

Subterranean Homesick Blues

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Topic

Winds of change Change Wind Weather

Speaker

Bob Dylan

Source

Subterranean Homesick Blues Bringing it All Back Home (album)

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dylan, Bob. Subterranean Homesick Blues. Columbia Records, 1965.

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed.

Bill of Rights

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Topic

Sixth Amendment Jury system Criminal justice system

Source

Bill of Rights Constitution of the United States

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

United States Constitution. Amend. 6.

Current Citation

The Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence. Written by Delegates of The Constitutional Convention. Racehorse, 2016, amend. 6.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Henry David Thoreau

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Topic

Love

Author

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Journals of Henry David Thoreau

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1839 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. Journal entry. 25 July 1839.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. The Heart of Thoreau's Journals, edited by Odell Shepard. Dover Publications, 1961.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Iñigo Montoya

The Princess Bride

On Vizzini's repeated misuse of the word "inconceivable".

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Topic

Meaning of words

Speaker

Iñigo Montoya

Actor

Mandy Patinkin

Source

The Princess Bride

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Fantasy (film) Comedy Fantasy

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Princess Bride. Directed by Rob Reiner, Act III Communications/Buttercup Films/The Princess Bride Ltd., 1987.