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Yet where an equal poise of hope and fear
Does arbitrate the event, my nature is
That I incline to hope rather than fear,
And gladly banish squint suspicion.

John Milton

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Topic

Optimism

Author

John Milton

Source

A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle

Medium

Play

Genre

Masque (play)

Language

English

Time

1634 1630s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Milton, John. "A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle." 29 Sept. 1634, Ludlow Castle, Ludlow, England, UK, line 410.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "A Masque...Presented at Ludlow Castle ['Comus']." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, line 410.

What you end up remembering isn't always the same as what you have witnessed.

Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending

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Topic

Memory

Author

Julian Barnes

Source

The Sense of an Ending

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Citation

Barnes, Julian. The Sense of an Ending. Jonathan Cape/Alfred A. Knopf, 2011, ch. 1.

Praying is something we do in our time. The answers come in God’s time.

Rudy

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Topic

Prayer Patience

Speaker

Father Cavanaugh

Actor

Robert Prosky

Source

Rudy

Genre

Sports (film) Biography (film) Sports Biography

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Rudy. Directed by David Anspaugh, TriStar Pictures, 1993.

In this world I would rather live two days like a tiger, than two hundred years like a sheep.

Tipu Sultan

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Topic

Dominance and submission

Speaker

Tipu Sultan

Language

English

Time

1800 1800s 19th century

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Citation

Sultan, Tipu. Quoted in A View of the Origin and Conduct of the War with Tippoo Sultan, written by Alexander Beatson. W. Bulmer and Co., 1800, ch. 10.

God loveth a cheerful giver.

Apostle Paul

2nd Corinthians 9:7

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Topic

Generosity Giving

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

2nd Corinthians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Corinthians 9:7).

The moral regeneration of mankind will only really commence, when the most fundamental of the social relations is placed under the rule of equal justice, and when human beings learn to cultivate their strongest sympathy with an equal in rights and in cultivation.

John Stuart Mill

The Subjection of Women

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Topic

Women's equality Marriage Theory of progress

Speaker

On marriage.

Author

John Stuart Mill

Source

The Subjection of Women

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Mill, John Stuart. The Subjection of Women. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1869, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Mill, John Stuart. "The Subjection of Women." On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays, edited by Mark Philp and Frederick Rosen. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 4.

If in some distant place in the future we see each other in our new lives, I'll smile at you with joy, and remember how we spent a summer beneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love.

The Notebook

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Topic

Summer love Flings

Speaker

Noah

Actor

Ryan Gosling

Source

The Notebook

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Citation

The Notebook. Directed by Nick Cassavetes, Gran Via, 2004.

This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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Topic

American West Truth vs. fiction Truth Journalism Media Media criticism

Speaker

Maxwell Scott

Actor

Carleton Young

Source

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Directed by John Ford, John Ford Productions, 1962.

I don't mind if you don't like my manners. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings.

Raymond Chandler

The Big Sleep

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Topic

Manners

Speaker

Philip Marlowe

Author

Raymond Chandler

Source

The Big Sleep

Medium

Novel

Genre

Detective fiction

Statement Type

Sarcasm

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Chandler, Raymond. The Big Sleep. Alfred A. Knopf, 1939, ch. 3.

I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you had ever done.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Doing one's best Second place Self-improvement

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 39.

One loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them.

Masanobu Fukuoka

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Topic

Seeking happiness Seeking Happiness Letting go

Author

Masanobu Fukuoka

Source

The One-Straw Revolution

Statement Type

Paradox Zen koan

Language

Japanese

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fukuoka, Masanobu. 自然農法 わら一本の革命 [One-Straw Revolution]. Hakujusha, 1975.

And malt does more than Milton can
To justify God's ways to man.

A.E. Housman

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Topic

Alcohol Problem of evil

Author

A.E. Housman

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Housman, Alfred Edward. A Shropshire Lad. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co., 1896, no. 62, I. 21.

Current Citation

Housman, Alfred Edward. "A Shropshire Lad." A Shropshire Lad and Other Poems, edited by Archie Burnett. Penguin Classics, 2010, no. 62, I. 21.

The pure and genuine influence of Christianity may be traced in its beneficial, though imperfect, effects on the barbarian proselytes of the North. If the decline of the Roman empire was hastened by the conversion of Constantine, his victorious religion broke the violence of the fall, and mollified the ferocious temper of the conquerors.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Topic

Christianity Decline of Rome

Author

Edward Gibbon

Source

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 4, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1788, ch. 38.

Current Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 4. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 38.

This long peace, and the uniform government of the Romans, introduced a slow and secret poison into the vitals of the empire. The minds of men were gradually reduced to the same level, the fire of genius was extinguished, and even the military spirit evaporated.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Topic

Decline of Rome Rome

Author

Edward Gibbon

Source

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

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Original Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 2.

There is scarcely a single man sufficiently aware to know all the evil he does.

François de La Rochefoucauld [François VI, Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac]

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Topic

Effect on others Self-awareness Unintended consequences

Author

François de La Rochefoucauld [François VI, Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac]

Source

Reflections

Medium

Epigram

Language

French

Time

1678 1670s 17th century

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Original Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.

Current Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Out where the handclasp's a little stronger,
Out where the smile dwells a little longer,
That's where the West begins.

Arthur Chapman

Out Where the West Begins

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Topic

American West

Author

Arthur Chapman

Source

Out Where the West Begins

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Chapman, Arthur. "Out Where the West Begins." Out Where the West Begins: And Other Western Verses. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1917, I. 1.

Historically our own culture has relied for the creation of rich and contrasting values upon many artificial distinctions, the most striking of which is sex...If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.

Margaret Mead

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Topic

Gender roles

Author

Margaret Mead

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Mead, Margaret. Sex Temperament in Three Primitive Societies. William Morrow/George Routledge & Sons, 1935, conclusion.

Current Citation

Mead, Margaret. Sex & Temperament in Three Primitive Societies. Harper Perennial, 2001, conculusion.

You never reach the promised land. You can march towards it.

James Callaghan

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Topic

Political progress Progress

Speaker

James Callaghan

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1976 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Callaghan, James. Speech at a Labour Party Conference. Labour Party Conference. 28 Sept. 1976, Blackpool, England, UK.

I am sorry if anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during the halftime performance at the Super Bowl. It was not intentional and is regrettable.

Justin Timberlake

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Topic

Clothing

Author

Justin Timberlake

Statement Type

Apology

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Timberlake, Justin. Apology for Superbowl halftime show incident. 2 Feb. 2004. Houston, TX, USA.

What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what language he shall speak.

George Santayana

The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress

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Topic

Religion

Author

George Santayana

Source

The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Santayana, George. The Life of Reason: Reason in Religion, edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman. Vol. 7, The MIT Press, 2014, bk. 3, ch. 1. Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905.