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"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Ozymandias

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Topic

Arrogance

Author

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Source

Ozymandias

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Ozymandias." The Examiner. London: Leigh Hunt and John Hunt, 11 Jan. 1818, l. 10.

Current Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Ozymandias." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 10.

But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.

John Maynard Keynes

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Topic

The future The long run Economic theory Economics Death

Author

John Maynard Keynes

Source

A Tract on Monetary Reform

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1924 1920s 20th century

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Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. A Tract on Monetary Reform. MacMillan and Co., 1924, p. 80.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923)." The Essential Keynes, edited by Robert Skidelsky. Penguin, 2016.

Time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

Hector Berlioz

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Topic

Effects of time Time

Author

Hector Berlioz

Source

Letters of Hector Berlioz

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Irony

Language

French

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Berlioz, Hector. Personal letter. Nov. 1856.

For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rules the world.

William Ross Wallace

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Topic

Raising kids Parents and children Power of education Value of education

Author

William Ross Wallace

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Wallace, William Ross. What Rules the World. 1865.

Current Citation

Wallace, William Ross. "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle." Poetry for a Lifetime: All-Time Favorite Poems to Delight and Inspire All Ages, edited by Samuel Norfleet Etheredge. MiraVista Press, 1999.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Samuel Beckett

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Topic

Perseverance Persistence Failure

Author

Samuel Beckett

Source

Worstward Ho

Medium

Short story

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Beckett, Samuel. "Worstward Ho!" Nohow On. The Limited Editions Club, 1989.

Seeing is forgetting the name of the things one sees.

Paul Valéry

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Topic

Names Perception

Author

Paul Valéry

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Paradox Zen koan

Language

French

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Valéry, Paul. Quoted in Robert Irwin: A Way to Look at Things by Not Forgetting Their Names, written by Adrian Kohn. c. 1982.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

Edward R. Murrow

Said on his TV program "See it Now" as a challenge to Senator Joseph McCarthy's attempts to quash "communist" enemies.

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Topic

Dissent Treason Patriotism Politics

Speaker

Edward R. Murrow

Source

See It Now

Medium

TV news TV program

Language

English

Time

1954 1950s 20th century

Era

Red scare

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Murrow, Edward R. Tonight See It Now. CBS, 9 Mar. 1954.

On Earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

Jules Renard

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Topic

Heaven and earth Heaven

Author

Jules Renard

Source

Journals of Jules Renard

Medium

Personal journal

Language

French

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Renard, Jules. Journal entry. Dec. 1896.

Current Citation

Renard, Jules. The Journal of Jules Renard, edited and translated by Louise Bogan and Elizabeth Roget. Tin House Books, 2017.

Where is the wisdom we have lost in
knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in
information?

T.S. Eliot

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Topic

Wisdom Knowledge Information

Speaker

Chorus

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

The Rock

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Rock. 1934, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 1.

The best government is that which governs least.

John L. O'Sullivan

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Topic

Limited government Government Political theory Politics

Author

John L. O'Sullivan

Source

United States Magazine and Democratic Review

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

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Citation

O'Sullivan, John L. United States Magazine and Democratic Review. Washington DC: Langtree and O'Sullivan, Oct. 1837, introduction.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Steve Jobs

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Topic

Following your heart Taking risks Death

Speaker

Steve Jobs

Source

2005 Stanford commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Jobs, Steve. Stanford Commencement Address. 12 June 2005, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.

Thomas Pynchon

Gravity's Rainbow

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Topic

Questions Questioning authority The man Politics

Author

Thomas Pynchon

Source

Gravity's Rainbow

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Pynchon, Thomas. Gravity's Rainbow. Viking Press, 1973.

These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial and article as Freedom should not be highly rated.

Thomas Paine

The American Crisis

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Topic

Price of freedom Benefits of adversity American Revolution

Author

Thomas Paine

Source

The American Crisis

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. The American Crisis: Number 1. Philadelphia: Styner and Cist, 1776.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "The American Crisis, Number I, December 19, 1776." Common Sense, The Crisis, & Other Writings from the American Revolution. Library of America, 2015.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

Charles Dudley Warner

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Topic

Political coalitions Politics

Author

Charles Dudley Warner

Source

My Summer in a Garden

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1870 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Warner, Charles Dudley. My Summer in a Garden. Boston: James R Osgood, 1870, fifteenth week.

Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Topic

Cosmopolitanism Criticism of one's country

Speaker

Benjamin Disraeli

Source

Speeches of Benjamin Disraeli

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Disraeli, Benjamin. Speech in London. 9 Nov. 1877, Mansion House, London, England, UK.

God Almighty first planted a garden; and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.

Francis Bacon

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Topic

Gardens Garden of Eden

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

Of Gardens Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1625 1620s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Bacon, Francis "Of Gardens." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Gardens." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:1

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Topic

Beginning of time God and time

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 1:1).

Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suite on hire purchased in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats that you've spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life...but why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin' else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you've got heroin?

Trainspotting

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Topic

Middle class respectability Heroin Drugs Modern life

Speaker

Mark Renton

Actor

Ewan McGregor

Source

Trainspotting

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Trainspotting. Directed by Danny Boyle, Channel Four Films/Figment Films/Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, 1996.

Every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

On Conciliation with America

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Topic

Compromise

Speaker

Edmund Burke

Source

On Conciliation with America

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1775 1770s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Conciliation with America." House of Commons. 22 Mar. 1775, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

Taxes are what we pay for civilized society.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue

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Topic

Taxes

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Source

Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1927 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. Dissenting Opinion. Compania de Tabacos de Filipinas v. Collector of Internal Revenue. United States Reports, vol. 275, 21 Nov. 1927, pp. 99-101. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/275/87/.