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Come what come may,
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.

William Shakespeare

Macbeth

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Things get better

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Macbeth

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William Shakespeare

Source

Macbeth

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 3.

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

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Yeah, that's what she said.

Wayne Campbell

Wayne's World

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Wayne Campbell

Actor

Mike Myers

Source

Wayne's World

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Sexual innuendo

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Wayne's World. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, Paramount Pictures, 1992.

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What is a rebel? A man who says no.

Albert Camus

The Rebel

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Rebellion Revolution

Author

Albert Camus

Source

The Rebel

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

French

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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Camus, Albert. L'Homme Revolte [The Rebel]. Gallimard, 1951.

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Love means never having to say you're sorry.

Love Story

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Nature of love Love Apologies

Speaker

Jenny

Actor

Ali MacGraw

Source

Love Story

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Drama (film) Romantic drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Love Story. Directed by Arthur Hiller, Paramount Pictures/Love Story Company, 1970.

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But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall Death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st.
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Beautiful women

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Sonnet 18 Shakespeare's Sonnets

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Statement Type

Profession of love

Language

English

Time

1609 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 18, I. 9.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 18.

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A house is a machine for living in.

Le Corbusier

Toward an Architecture

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Houses Home Architecture

Author

Le Corbusier

Source

Toward an Architecture

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

French

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

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Corbusier, Le. Vers une Architecture. Editions G. Crès et Cie., 1923.

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Corbusier, Le. Toward an Architecture. Getty Research Institute, 2007.

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Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

William Shakespeare

Timon of Athens

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Perverse incentives Sin Mercy

Speaker

First Senator

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Timon of Athens

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. "Timon of Athens." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 3, sc. 5.

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Shakespeare, William. "Timon of Athens." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 5.

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My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red...
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Being in love Love

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William Shakespeare

Source

Sonnet 130 Shakespeare's Sonnets

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Statement Type

Profession of love

Language

English

Time

1609 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 130, I. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 130.

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If a person knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

Seneca the Younger

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Goals Aimlessness

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

Letters of Seneca the Younger

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages 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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Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know; that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall. You need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it!

Col. Nathan R. Jessep

A Few Good Men

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Defending freedom Dangerous world

Speaker

Col. Nathan R. Jessep

Actor

Jack Nicholson

Source

A Few Good Men

Medium

Film

Genre

Courtroom drama (film) Drama (film) Courtroom drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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A Few Good Men. Directed by Rob Reiner, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1992.

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Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?”

John 18:38

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Truth

Speaker

Pontius Pilate

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st John 18:38).

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The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.

Tertullian

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Martyrs The Church Christianity

Author

Tertullian

Source

Apologeticus

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

197 190s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Tertullian. Apologeticum [Apologeticus]. c. 197, ch. 50, sect. 13.

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And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.

Genesis 2:2

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Days off Rest Sunday Sabbath

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Genesis 2:2).

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One more such victory over the Romans and we are lost.

Pyrrhus

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Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

On the defeat of the Romans at Asculum, 279 BC, a battle in which his army suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Romans.

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Pyrrhic victory Victory

Speaker

Pyrrhus

Author

Plutarch

Source

Plutarch's Lives

Genre

Biography

Statement Type

Paradox Prophecies and predictions

Language

Greek

Time

279 BC 270s BC 3rd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Pyrrhus. Quoted in "Pyrrhus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 21, sect. 9.

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Pyrrhus. Quoted in "Pyrrhus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 21, sect. 9.

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Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.

Mark Twain

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Conservatism Progress

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Mark Twain

Source

Consistency (speech) Speeches of Mark Twain

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1884 1880s 19th century

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Twain, Mark. "Consistency." Hartford Monday Evening Club. 5 Dec. 1884, Hartford, CT, USA.

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Twain, Mark. "The Czar's Soliloquy." Collected Nonfiction of Mark Twain. Vol. 1, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2016.

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It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes.

Abraham Lincoln

Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln

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Slavery American Civil War American politics

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Abraham Lincoln

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1865, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugral Address, March 4, 1865." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.

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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him; they crush those beneath them.

Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

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Shit rolls downhill Human nature

Speaker

Heathcliff

Author

Emily Brontë

Source

Wuthering Heights

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

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Brontë, Emily, [published as Ellis Bell]. Wuthering Heights. Vol. 1, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, 1847, ch. 11.

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Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights, edited by Alexandra Lewis. W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, ch. 11.

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One lives but once in this world.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Clavigo

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Preciousness of life Nature of life

Speaker

Carlos

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Clavigo

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1774 1770s 18th century

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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Clavigo. Leipzig: In der Weygand'schen Buchhandlung, 1774, act 1, sc. 1.

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Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.

The Rock

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Winners and losers Winners Losers

Speaker

John Patrick Mason

Actor

Sean Connery

Source

The Rock

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Thriller (film) Action Thriller

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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The Rock. Directed by Michael Bay, Hollywood Pictures/Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, 1996.

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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Ahiqar

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Minimizing risk Risk

Author

Ahiqar

Source

Proverbs of Ahiqar

Genre

Wisdom literature

Language

Assyrian

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

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Ahiqar. The Story of Ahikar. c. 500 BC.

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Ahiqar. The Story of Ahikar, translated by Herbert Lindenberger. The John Hopkins Near Eastern Studies, 1983.

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