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Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

God

Exodus 20:16

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Lying The Ten Commandments

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God

Source

Exodus The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 20:16).

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All great truths begin as blasphemies.

George Bernard Shaw

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Intellectual history

Speaker

The Grand Duchess

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

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Shaw, George Bernard. Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress. 21 Jan. 1918, Coliseum Theatre, London, England, UK.

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Shaw, George Bernard. "Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress." Selected Short Plays, edited by Dan H. Laurence. Penguin, 1988.

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Death and sorrow will be the companions of our journey; hardship our garment; constancy and valor our only shield. We must be united, we must be undaunted, we must be inflexible.

Winston Churchill

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World War II

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Winston Churchill

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

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Churchill, Winston. Report on the war. House of Commons meeting. 8 Oct. 1940, London, England, UK. Address.

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Churchill, Winston. "'We can take it!' 8 October 1940, House of Commons." Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches. Hyperion, 2005.

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The law has little to say on the subject of things left undone.

Vertigo

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Counterfactual history

Speaker

Coroner

Actor

Henry Jones

Source

Vertigo

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Psychological thriller (film) Psychological thriller

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

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Vertigo. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, 1958.

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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

Bertrand Russell

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Vulnerability in love

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

The Conquest of Happiness

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Russell, Bertrand. The Conquest of Happiness. Liveright, 1930, ch. 12.

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A woman's love for us increases
The less we love her, sooth to say-
She stoops, she falls, her struggling ceases;
Caught fast, she cannot get away.

Alexander Pushkin

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Relationship challenges Love

Author

Alexander Pushkin

Source

Eugene Onegin

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Russian

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

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Pushkin, Alexander. Евгеній Онѣгинъ, романъ въ стихахъ [Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse]. St. Petersburg: Alexandr Smirdin, 1833, ch. 4.

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Pushkin, Alexander. Eugene Onegin, translated by James E. Falen. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 4.

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Siri, why does God allow suffering?

Veep

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Problem of evil

Speaker

Mike McLintock

Actor

Matt Walsh

Source

Veep

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

2014 2010s 21st century

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"Crate." Veep, written by Simon Blackwell and Georgia Pritchett and Armando Iannucci, directed by Chris Addison, season 3, episode 9, Home Box Office and Dundee Productions, 2014.

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There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Power of thought Thoughts Moral relativism Moral theory Morality

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Hamlet

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 2.

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

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She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.

Kate Chopin

The Awakening

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Growing up Self-discovery Authenticity

Author

Kate Chopin

Source

The Awakening

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

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Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1899, ch. 19.

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Chopin, Kate. "The Awakening." The Awakening and Selected Stories. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 19.

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We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills.

John F. Kennedy

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The moon landing Space program

Speaker

John F. Kennedy

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Speech

Genre

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Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Kennedy, John F. Address on nation's space effort. 12 Sept. 1962, Rice University Stadium, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.

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I'll tell you a big secret mon cher. Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day.

Albert Camus

The Fall

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Being present Life Judgment Day The human condition

Author

Albert Camus

Source

The Fall

Medium

Novel

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

French

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

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Camus, Albert. La Chute [The Fall]. Editions Gallimard, 1956.

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I don't know, but some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?

The Scarecrow

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The Wizard of Oz

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Talking too much Talking

Speaker

The Scarecrow

Actor

Ray Bolger

Source

The Wizard of Oz

Medium

Film

Genre

Fantasy (film) Musical (film) Fantasy Musical

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

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Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it.

American History X

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Hate Racism

Speaker

Danny

Actor

Edward Furlong

Source

American History X

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

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American History X. Directed by Tony Kaye, New Line Cinemas/The Turman-Morrissey Company, 1998.

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It provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance.

William Shakespeare

Macbeth

On alcohol.

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Effects of alcohol Alcohol

Speaker

Porter

Author

William Shakespeare

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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 2, 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 2, sc. 3.

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Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

Edward Abbey

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Economic growth Consumerism Environmental destruction Capitalism

Author

Edward Abbey

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Arizona: How Big is Big Enough?

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

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Abbey, Edward. "Arizona - How Big is Big Enough?" One Life at a Time, Please. Henry Holt and Company, 1988.

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Make glorious, amazing mistakes.

Neil Gaiman

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Mistakes

Author

Neil Gaiman

Medium

Blog post

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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"Journal." Neil Gaiman, 31 Dec. 2011, http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2011/12/my-new-year-wish.html.

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We are dying, we are dying, we are all of us dying.

D.H. Lawrence

Last Poems

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Inevitability of death Death

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

The Ship of Death Last Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Lawrence, D.H. "The Ship of Death." Last Poems, edited by Richard Aldington and Giuseppe Orioli. The Viking Press, 1932, stanza 6.

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The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

Jeremy Bentham

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Utilitarianism Political theory Politics Moral theory Morality

Author

Jeremy Bentham

Source

Memoirs of Bentham The Works of Jeremy Bentham

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

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Bentham, Jeremy. "Memoirs of Bentham." The Works of Jeremy Bentham, edited by John Bowring. Vol. 10, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1843.

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All are but parts of one stupendous whole,
Whose body nature is, and God the soul.

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Man

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Interconnectedness of all things God and nature

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Alexander Pope

Source

An Essay on Man

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1733 1730s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." London: J. Wilford, 1733, ep. 1, I. 267.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, ep. 1, l. 267.

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Women are born with pain built in. It's our physical destiny. Period pains, sore boobs, childbirth, you know. We carry it within ourselves throughout our lives. Men don't. They have to seek it out.

Fleabag

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Nature of women Women Men and women

Speaker

Belinda

Actor

Kristin Scott Thomas

Source

Fleabag

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Drama (TV) Comedy Drama

Language

English

Time

2019 2010s 21st century

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"Episode #2.3." Fleabag, written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, directed by Harry Bradbeer, season 2, episode 3, Amazon Studios and British Broadcasting Corporation, 2019.

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