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If you were prepared to let me go on those terms, I should reply to you as follows: "I have the greatest fondness and affection for you, fellow Athenians, but I will obey my god rather than you."

Socrates

Quoted in Apology, by Plato

On his unwillingness to give up practicing philosophy.

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Plato. Ἀπολογία Σωκράτους [Apology of Socrates]. Speech of legal self-defence which Socrates spoke at his trial for impiety and corruption. 399 BC, Athens, Greece.

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Plato. "Apology." Plato: Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2017.

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There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery.

Dante Alighieri

Inferno

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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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Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

Genesis 25:27

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 25:27).

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You are not an American, you are the victim of America!

Malcolm X

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Malcolm X. Directed by Spike Lee, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 1992.

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Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you.

Jesus

John 15:16

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 15:16).

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You know what capitalism is? Getting fucked!

Tony Montana

Scarface

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Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma, Universal Pictures, 1983.

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You cannot conceive the many without the one.

Plato

Parmenides

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Plato. Παρμενίδης [Parmenides]. 4th century BC.

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Plato. Parmenides, translated by Andre Schuwer and Richard Rojcewicz. Indiana University Press, 1998.

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It is no cause for anger that the Trojans and the well-greaved Achaeans have suffered for so long over such a woman: she is wondrously like the immortal goddesses to look upon.

Homer

The Iliad

On Helen of Troy.

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Homer. Ἰλιάς [The Iliad], edited by Demetrius Chalcondyles. Florence: Bernardus Nerlius and Demetrius Damilas, 1489, bk. 3, l. 156.

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Homer. The Iliad, translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, 2014, bk. 3, l. 156.

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It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

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I think I'll miss you most of all.

Dorothy Gale

The Wizard of Oz

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

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The immortals will send you to the Elysian plain at the ends of the earth, where fair-haired Rhadamanthys is. There life is supremely easy for men. No snow is there, nor ever heavy winter storm, nor rain, and Ocean is ever sending gusts of the clear-blowing west wind to bring coolness to men.

Homer

The Odyssey

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Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 4, l. 563-568.

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Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 4, l. 563-568.

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"Remember when" is the lowest form of conversation.

Tony Soprano

The Sopranos

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"Remember When." The Sopranos, written by David Chase and Terence Winter, directed by Phil Abraham, season 6, episode 15, Chase Films and Home Box Office, 2007.

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Welcome to the real world. It sucks. You’re gonna love it.

Monica Geller

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Friends

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"The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate." Friends, written by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, directed by James Burrows, season 1, episode 1, Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions and Warner Bros. Television, 1994.

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I just-I can’t stand the sound of the human voice.

Larry David

Curb Your Enthusiasm

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"The Hot Towel." Curb Your Enthusiasm, written by Larry David, directed by Alec Berg, season 7, episode 4, Home Box Office, 2009.

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He’s a re-gifter.

Elaine Benes

Seinfeld

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"The Label Maker." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Alec Berg, directed by Andy Ackerman, season 6, episode 12, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1995.

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The pen is the tongue of the soul.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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De Cervantes, Miguel. Segunda Parte Del ingenioso caballero don Quixote de la Mancha [The Second Part of Don Quixote de la Mancha]. Spain: Francisco de Robles, 1615.

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