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We only die once, and for such a long time!

Molière

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Finality of death

Speaker

Mascarille

Author

Molière

Source

The Love-Tiff

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play) Comedy

Language

French

Time

1656 1650s 17th century

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Moliere. Le Depit Amoureux [The Love-Tiff]. 16 Dec. 1656, Beziers, France, act 5, sc. 4.

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And remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm.

God

Deuteronomy 5:15

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Liberation

Speaker

God

Source

Deuteronomy 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. (Deuteronomy 5:15).

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An honest man's the noblest work of God.

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Man

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Honesty Character

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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. 4, l. 248.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, ep. 4, I. 248.

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Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden: your father had an accident there, he was put into a pie by Mrs. McGregor.

Beatrix Potter

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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Mrs. Rabbit

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Beatrix Potter

Source

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Genre

Children's literature

Statement Type

Warning

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

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Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Frederick Warne & Co., 1902.

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Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Frederick Warne & Co., 2012.

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That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losin' my religion.

R.E.M.

Losing My Religion

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Decline of religion

Speaker

R.E.M.

Source

Losing My Religion Out of Time

Medium

Song

Genre

Alternative rock Rock music

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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R.E.M. "Losing My Religion." Out of Time. Warner Records, 1991.

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I have never been more struck by the good sense and the practical judgment of the Americans than in the manner in which they elude the numberless difficulties resulting from their Federal Constitution.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Democracy in America

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US Constitution American character

Author

Alexis de Tocqueville

Source

Democracy in America

Genre

Political literature

Language

French

Time

1835 1830s 19th century

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Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 1, London: Saunders and Otley, 1835, ch. 8, pt. 5.

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Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 1, ch. 8, pt. 5.

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Do not be afraid, only believe.

Jesus

Mark 5:36

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Faith

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Mark The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. The Lockman Foundation, 1971. (Mark 5:36).

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There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons--
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes.

Emily Dickinson

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Winter

Author

Emily Dickinson

Source

Winter Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

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Dickinson, Emily. "Winter." Poems. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1890, I. 1.

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Dickinson, Emily. "There's a certain Slant of light." Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them, edited by Cristanne Miller. Belknap Press, 2016, I. 1.

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I hate Congress—I hate the army—I hate the world—I hate myself. The whole is a mass of fools and knaves.

Alexander Hamilton

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Political frustration Over it

Author

Alexander Hamilton

Source

Letters of Alexander Hamilton

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1780 1780s 18th century

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Hamilton, Alexander. Letter to Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens. 12 Sept. 1780.

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Hamilton, Alexander. "From Alexander Hamilton to Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens, [12 September 1780]." Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0851.

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Let Americans disdain to be the instruments of European greatness! Let the thirteen States, bound together in a strict and indissoluble Union, concur in erecting one great American system, superior to the control of all transatlantic force or influence, and able to dictate the terms of the connection between the old and the new world!

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 11

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American experiment

Author

Alexander Hamilton

Source

Federalist 11 The Federalist Papers

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 11: The Utility of the Union in Respect to Commercial Relations and a Navy." Independent Journal, 23 Nov. 1787.

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Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 10: Utility of union regarding commerce.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and live in Hell.

Philip Henry Sheridan

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Texas

Speaker

Philip Henry Sheridan

Language

English

Time

1866 1860s 19th century

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Sheridan, Philip Henry. Quoted in The Pittsburgh Gazette. Mar. 1866.

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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

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How to live

Speaker

Serlo

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Advice

Language

German

Time

1786 1780s 18th century

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre [Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship]. Berlin: Johann Friedrich Unger, 1785-1786, bk. 5, ch. 1.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship." Goethe: The Collected Works, edited and translated by Eric A. Blackall. Vol. 9, Princeton University Press, 1995, bk. 5, ch. 1.

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Everyone has their reasons.

The Rules of the Game

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Justifications and rationales

Speaker

Octave

Actor

Jean Renoir

Source

The Rules of the Game

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Satire (film) Drama Satire

Language

French

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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La règle du jeu [The Rules of the Game.] Directed by Jean Renoir, Nouvelle Édition Française, 1939.

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Only the dead have seen the end of war.

George Santayana

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Nature of war

Author

George Santayana

Source

Tipperary Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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Santayana, George. "Tipperary." Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies. Charles Scribner's Sons/Constable and Co., 1922.

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Many a crown shines spotless now
That yet was deeply sullied in the winning.

Friedrich Schiller

The Death of Wallenstein

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Ill gotten gains

Speaker

Wallenstein

Author

Friedrich Schiller

Source

The Death of Wallenstein

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

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Schiller, Friedrich. Wallenstein. 20 Apr. 1799, Weimarer Hoftheatre (now Deutsche Nationaltheatre Weimar), Weimar, Germany, act 2, sc. 2.

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Schiller, Friedrich. "Wallenstein's Death." The Robbers and Wallenstein, translated by F. J. Lamport. Penguin Classics, 1980, act 2, sc. 2.

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Our world is dominated by the extreme, the unknown, and the very improbable (improbable according to our current knowledge)-and all the while we spend our time engaged in small talk, focusing on the known, and the repeated.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Black Swan

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The improbable

Author

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Source

The Black Swan

Language

English

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

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Taleb, Nassim Nicholas. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. Random House/Allen Lane, 2007, prologue.

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The sea, the ever renewing sea!

Paul Valéry

The Graveyard by the Sea

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Ocean and sea

Author

Paul Valéry

Source

The Graveyard by the Sea Charmes

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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Valéry, Paul. "Le cimetiere marin [The Graveyard by the Sea]." Charmes ou poèmes. Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1922.

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All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you; the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was.

Ernest Hemingway

Esquire

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Power of literature

Author

Ernest Hemingway

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Old Newsman Writes: A Letter from Cuba Esquire

Medium

Letter Magazine

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

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Hemingway, Ernest. "Old Newsman Writes: A Letter from Cuba." Esquire Magazine, 1 Dec. 1934.

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Hemingway, Ernest. "Old Newsman Writes: A Letter from Cuba." By-line Ernest Hemingway, edited by William White. Scribner, 2003.

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A teacher who can arouse a feeling for one single good action, for one single good poem, accomplishes more than he who fills our memory with rows on rows of natural objects, classified with name and form.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Elective Affinities

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Teachers

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Elective Affinities

Medium

Novel

Language

German

Time

1808 1800s 19th century

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Die Wahlvenwandtschaften [Elective Affinities]. Tubingen: J. G. Cottaische Buchhandlung, 1809, bk. 2, ch. 7.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Elective Affinities, translated by David Constantine. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 7.

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I am black: I am the incarnation of a complete fusion with the world, an intuitive understanding of the earth, an abandonment of my ego in the heart of the cosmos.

Frantz Fanon

Black Skin, White Masks

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Being black

Author

Frantz Fanon

Source

Black Skin, White Masks

Genre

Anti-colonial literature Political literature

Language

French

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

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Fanon, Frantz. Peau noire, masques blancs [Black Skin, White Masks]. Editions du Seuil, 1952, ch. 2.

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