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There is one thing alone
that stands the brunt of life throughout its course:
a quiet conscience.

Euripides

Hippolytus

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Conscience Inner peace

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Phaedra

Author

Euripides

Source

Hippolytus

Medium

Play

Genre

Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

428 BC 420s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Euripides. Ἱππόλυτος [Hippolytus]. 428 BC, City Dionysia festival, Athens, Greece.

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Euripides. "Hippolytus." Euripides I: Alcestis, Medea, The Children of Heracles, Hippolytus, edited and translated by Richard Lattimore, et. al. University of Chicago Press, 2013.

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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

Edmund Burke

Reflections on the Revolution in France

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Learning from the past Ignorance of history History

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

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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Fire is the best of servants; but what a master!

Thomas Carlyle

Past and Present

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Fire

Author

Thomas Carlyle

Source

Past and Present

Language

English

Time

1843 1840s 19th century

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Carlyle, Thomas. Past and Present. London: Chapman and Hall, 1843, bk. 2, ch. 9.

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Carlyle, Thomas. Past and Present, edited by David R. Sorensen and Brent E. Kinser. Oxford University Press, 2023, bk. 2, ch. 9.

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You know that moment when you look into somebody's eyes and you can feel them staring into your soul and the whole world goes quiet just for a second?

Up in the Air

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Chemistry Connecting with others

Speaker

Ryan Bingham

Actor

George Clooney

Source

Up in the Air

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Up in the Air. Directed by Jason Reitman, DreamWorks Pictures/The Montecito Picture Company/Cold Spring Pictures/Rickshaw Productions/Right of Way Films, 2009.

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I was on this tour for one reason, money. But now I got a new reason, kickin' your ass!

Happy Gilmore

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Money Kicking ass Justifications and rationales

Speaker

Happy Gilmore

Actor

Adam Sandler

Source

Happy Gilmore

Medium

Film

Genre

Sports comedy (film) Comedy (film) Sports comedy Comedy

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Happy Gilmore. Directed by Dennis Dugan, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment/Robert Simonds Productions, 1996.

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Any fool with a dick can make a baby, but only a real man can raise his children.

Furious Styles

Boyz n the Hood

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Being a man

Speaker

Furious Styles

Actor

Laurence Fishburne

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

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

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A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor-such is my idea of happiness.

Leo Tolstoy

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Happiness Contentment The good life

Speaker

Sergey Mikhalych

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Source

Family Happiness

Language

Russian

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Tolstoy, Leo. Семейное счастіе [Family Happiness]. The Russian Messenger, 1859.

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Tolstoy, Leo. Family Happiness, translated by J. D. Duff. Harper Perennial, 2009.

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The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Economic inequality Rich vs. poor

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1937, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Second Inaugral Address: Washington, DC, January 20, 1937." Great Speeches, edited by John Grafton. Dover, 1999.

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When the rich wage war it's the poor who die.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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War Rich vs. poor

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Nasti

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre

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The Devil and the Good Lord

Medium

Play

Statement Type

Irony

Language

French

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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Sartre, Jean-Paul. Le Diable et le be Dieu [The Devil and the Good Lord]. Directed by Louis Jouvet. 7 June 1951, Théâtre Antoine, Paris, France.

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Sartre, Jean-Paul. "The Devil & the Good Lord." The Devil & the Good Lord and Two Other Plays, translated by Kitty Black. Vintage, 1962.

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Refuse to be an accomplice.

Simone Weil

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Political courage Standing up for what's right Courage Politics

Author

Simone Weil

Source

Journals of Simone Weil

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

French

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

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Weil, Simone. Personal notebook entry. c 1933.

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It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Thinking for oneself

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Self-Reliance Essays: First Series (Emerson)

Medium

Essay

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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There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.

Terence

The Self-Tormentor

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Reluctance and hesitation

Speaker

Clitipho

Author

Terence

Source

The Self-Tormentor

Medium

Play

Language

Latin

Time

163 BC 160s BC 2nd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Terence. Ἑαυτὸν τιμωρούμενος [Heuton Timoroumenous]. c. 163 BC, Rome, Italy, act 4, sc. 6.

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I'm stupid. You're smart. I was wrong. You were right. You're the best. I'm the worst. You're very good-looking. I'm not attractive.

Happy Gilmore

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Admitting you're wrong

Speaker

Happy Gilmore

Actor

Adam Sandler

Source

Happy Gilmore

Medium

Film

Genre

Sports comedy (film) Comedy (film) Sports comedy Comedy

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Happy Gilmore. Directed by Dennis Dugan, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment/Robert Simonds Productions, 1996.

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It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all of the evidence. It biases the judgement.

Sherlock Holmes

A Study in Scarlet

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Jumping to conclusions Evidence Judgment

Speaker

Sherlock Holmes

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source

A Study in Scarlet

Medium

Novel Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

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Doyle, Arthur Conan. "A Study in Scarlet." Beeton's Christmas Annual. London: Ward Lock & Co., 1887.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan. A Study in Scarlet. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2012, pt. 1, ch. 3.

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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against its government.

JFK

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Patriotism

Speaker

Jim Garrison

Actor

Kevin Costner

Source

JFK

Medium

Film

Genre

Political (film) Thriller (film) Political Thriller

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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JFK. Directed by Oliver Stone, Le Studio Canal+/Regency Enterprises/Alcor Films/Ixtlan Corporation, 1991.

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Physician, heal thyself.

Jesus

Luke 4:23

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Jesus

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Gospel of Luke The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 4:23).

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I'm a virgin. I'm just not very good at it.

Hot Shots

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Virginity

Speaker

Ramada Thompson

Actor

Valeria Golino

Source

Hot Shots

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Hot Shots. Directed by Jim Abrahams, 20th Century Fox, 1991.

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There are no two words in the English language more harmful than good job.

Whiplash

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Motivation Language

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Fletcher

Actor

J. K. Simmons

Source

Whiplash

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Film

Genre

Psychological drama (film) Drama (film) Psychological drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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Whiplash. Directed by Damien Chazelle, Blumhouse Productions/Right of Way Films/Bold Films, 2014.

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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

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Goals Flow state Focus

Author

Mary Shelley

Source

Frankenstein

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

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Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, letter 1.

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Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text. Penguin Classics, 2018, letter 1.

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The Italian proletariat needs a blood bath for its force to be renewed.

Benito Mussolini

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Fascism

Author

Benito Mussolini

Language

Italian

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

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Mussolini, Benito. Editorial. Il Popolo d'Italia, 1920.

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