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He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.

Homer

The Iliad

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Past and future

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Homer

Source

The Iliad

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 1, l. 70.

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Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 1, l. 70.

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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.

Homer

The Iliad

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Political theory

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Homer

Source

The Iliad

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Poem

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Epic poem

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Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 2, l. 204.

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Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 2, l. 204.

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Let us not speak of them, but look, and pass on.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno

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The damned Hell

Speaker

Virgil

Author

Dante Alighieri

Source

Inferno The Divine Comedy

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Italian

Time

1321 1320s 14th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

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Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

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Perfectionism

Speaker

Natalia

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Source

Anna Karenina

Medium

Novel

Language

Russian

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

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Tolstoy, Leo. Анна Каренина [Anna Karenina]. The Russian Messenger, 1875-1877. Serial.

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Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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I talk a lot, so I’ve learned to tune myself out.

Kelly Kapoor

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The Office

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Talking too much Ignoring people

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Kelly Kapoor

Actor

Mindy Kaling

Source

The Office

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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"Counseling." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and B.J. Novak and Ricky Gervais, directed by Jeffrey Blitz, season 7, episode 2, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2010.

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When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Taxes

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Socrates

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Plato

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Republic

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Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

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Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

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Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

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The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.

Confucius

Quoted in Analects

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Overcoming obstacles Success

Speaker

Confucius

Source

Analects

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

221 BC 220s BC 3rd century BC

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Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.

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Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Socrates

Quoted in Phaedo, by Plato

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Inevitability of death

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Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Phaedo

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Greek

Time

360 BC 360s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Socrates. Quoted in Φαίδων [Phaedo], written by Plato. c. 360 BC.

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Socrates. Quoted in "Phaedo." Plato: Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, written by Plato, translated by G. M. A. Grube and John M. Cooper. Hackett Publishing, 2002.

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Men prize the thing ungained more than it is.

William Shakespeare

Troilus and Cressida

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Acquisitiveness

Speaker

Cressida

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Troilus and Cressida

Medium

Play

Genre

Problem play

Language

English

Time

1603 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Troilus and Cressida. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1603, The Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "Troilus and Cressida." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 2.

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Errors are not in the art, but in the artificers.

Isaac Newton

Principia

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Mistakes Human fallibility Science

Author

Isaac Newton

Source

Principia

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

Latin

Time

1687 1680s 17th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Newton, Isaac. Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica [The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy], vol. 1. London: Josephi Streater, 1687, preface.

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Newton, Isaac. The Principia, translated by Andrew Motte. Prometheus, 1995, the author's preface.

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What are men to rocks and mountains?

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

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Men Spending time in nature Nature

Speaker

Elizabeth Bennet

Author

Jane Austen

Source

Pride and Prejudice

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 2, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 4.

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 4.

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I want to go on living even after death!

Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

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Immortality

Author

Anne Frank

Source

The Diary of a Young Girl

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Dutch

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

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Frank, Anne. Journal entry. 5 Apr. 1944.

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If we are not yet able to serve man, how can we serve spiritual beings?... If we do not yet know about life how can we know about death?

Confucius

Quoted in Analects

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Wisdom

Speaker

Confucius

Source

Analects

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Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Chinese

Time

221 BC 220s BC 3rd century BC

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Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.

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Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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He who will not worry about what is far off will soon find something worse than worry close at hand.

Confucius

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Worry

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Confucius

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Analects

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Philosophical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

221 BC 220s BC 3rd century BC

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Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.

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Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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Let people hold on to these:
Manifest plainness,
Embrace simplicity,
Reduce selfishness,
Have few desires.

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

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Simplicity Doing less Letting go

Author

Lao Tzu

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Tao Te Ching

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Chinese

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. 道德經 [Tao Te Ching]. c. 400 BC, ch. 19.

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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. "The Natural Way of Lao Tzu." A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, translated by Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton University Press, 1969, ch. 19.

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The superior man understands righteousness; the inferior man understands profit.

Confucius

Quoted in Analects

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Doing the right thing Righteousness Venality

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Confucius

Source

Analects

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

221 BC 220s BC 3rd century BC

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Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.

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Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Fathers and sons

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Homer

Source

The Odyssey

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Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 2, l. 276-277.

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Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk.2, l. 276-277.

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Does Heaven say anything? The four seasons run their course and all things are produced. Does Heaven say anything?

Confucius

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God and man Seasons Nature

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Confucius

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Analects

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Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Chinese

Time

221 BC 220s BC 3rd century BC

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Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.

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Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help.

Homer

The Iliad

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Cowardice

Author

Homer

Source

The Iliad

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 15, l. 563-564.

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Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 15, l. 563-564.

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Not at all similar are the race of the immortal gods and the race of men who walk upon the earth.

Homer

The Iliad

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God and man

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Homer

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The Iliad

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Epic poem

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Greek

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700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 5, l. 441.

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Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 5, l. 441.

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