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Who told them
that they were dead.

Aeschylus

The Suppliant Maidens

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Foreigners Xenophobia Immigration

Speaker

Chorus (Greek drama)

Author

Aeschylus

Source

The Suppliant Maidens

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play Greek theater

Language

Greek

Time

5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Aeschylus. Ἱκέτιδες, Hiketides [The Suppliants]. c. 455 BC.

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Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves a homicide.

Se7en

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Murder

Speaker

Mills

Actor

Brad Pitt

Source

Se7en

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Psychological thriller (film) Psychological thriller

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Se7en. Directed by David Fincher, Arnold Kopelson Productions, 1995.

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And do not say, regarding anything, "I am going to do that tomorrow," but only, "If God will."

Muhammad

The Quran

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God is in control Fatalism God's will

Speaker

Muhammad

Source

The Quran

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Arabic

Time

632 630s 7th century

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The Quran. c. 630, 18:23-24.

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The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 18.

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The very best thing for a person is health,
Second good looks and third honest wealth,
the fourth is to be in the prime of your life
With people around you who cause you no strife.

Socrates

Quoted in Gorgias, by Plato

An ancient Greek drinking song.

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The good life

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Gorgias

Medium

Philosophical dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Greek

Time

4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Anonymous. Quoted in Gorgias, written by Plato. Oxford University Press, 2008. Originally a drinking song by an anonymous source.

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No one ever suddenly became depraved.

Juvenal

Satires

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Depravity Moral theory Morality Character

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Juvenal

Source

Satires

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

127 120s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 2.

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Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 2.

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He was a bold Man that first eat an oyster.

Jonathan Swift

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Oysters Food

Author

Jonathan Swift

Source

Polite Conversation

Language

English

Time

1738 1730s 18th century

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Swift, Johnathan. "Dialogue III." Polite Conversation. London: Charles Wittinham & Co., 1738.

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Swift, Jonathan. "Polite Conversation." Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises: Polite Conversation, Directions Servants and Other Works, edited by Valerie Rumbold. Cambridge University Press, 2013, no. 2.

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The thing which is the most outstanding and chiefly to be desired by all healthy and good and well-off persons, is leisure with honor.

Cicero

Pro Sestio

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Leisure Honor

Author

Cicero

Source

Pro Sestio

Medium

Speech

Language

Latin

Time

56 BC 50s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Sestio [In Defense of Publius Sestio]. c. 56 BC, Rome, Italy.

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Food and sex. Those are my two passions.

George Costanza

Seinfeld

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Food Sex

Speaker

George Costanza

Actor

Jason Alexander

Source

Seinfeld

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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"The Blood." Seinfeld, written by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and Dan O'Keefe, directed by Andy Ackerman, season 9, episode 4, Shapiro/West Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment, 1997.

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College women can smell ignorance...like dog shit.

Risky Business

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College women

Speaker

Joel Goodson

Actor

Tom Cruise

Source

Risky Business

Genre

Teen (film) Comedy drama (film) Teen Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Risky Business. Directed by Paul Brickman, The Geffen Film Company, 1983.

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A law that is not just does not seem to me to be a law.

St. Augustine

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Unjust laws Law

Author

St. Augustine

Source

On Free Choice of the Will

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

389 380s 4th century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Augustine. De libero arbitrio voluntatis [On Free Choice of the Will]. c. 389, 1.5.11.33.

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Augustine. "On the Free Choice of the Will." Augustine: On the Free Choice of the Will, On Grace and Free Choice, and Other Writings, edited by Peter King. Cambridge University Press, 2010, 1.5.11.33.

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The victor belongs to the spoils.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Metropolitan Magazine

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Downsides of wealth

Speaker

Anthony Patch

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

The Beautiful and Damned Metropolitan Magazine

Medium

Novel Magazine

Statement Type

Inversion

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "The Beautiful and Damned." Metropolitan Magazine, Sept. 1921 - March 1922.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Beautiful and the Damned. Cambridge University Press, 2014, bk. 2, ch. 1.

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The present life is naught but a diversion and a sport; surely the Last Abode is Life, did they but know.

Muhammad

The Quran

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The afterlife Temporal vs. eternal

Speaker

Muhammad

Source

The Quran

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Arabic

Time

632 630s 7th century

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The Quran. c. 630, 29:61.

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The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 29.

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If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be fucked up.

Mitch Hedberg

Strategic Grill Locations

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Drugs Proclivities

Speaker

Mitch Hedberg

Source

Strategic Grill Locations

Medium

Comedy album

Genre

Comedy (stand up)

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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Hedberg, Mitch. Strategic Grill Locations. 7 Sept. 1999, The Laff Stop Comedy Club, Houston, Texas, USA.

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Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching… I have been bent and broken, but—I hope—into a better shape.

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

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Learning from suffering Suffering Broken heart

Speaker

Estella

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

Great Expectations

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

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Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 3 Aug. 1861, issue 35, ch. 59.

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Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2010, ch. 59.

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Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Waves Mortality Passage of time Time The human condition

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Sonnet 60 Shakespeare's Sonnets

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1609 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 60, I. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 60.

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Worst of all I fear mediocrity.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Fear Mediocrity Self-doubt

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

Source

Letters of Fyodor Dostoevsky

Medium

Letter

Language

Russian

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Letter to Sofya Ivanova. c. 29 Sept. 1867.

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Dostoevsky, Fyodor. "Letter to Sofya Ivanova, ca. September 29, 1867." Fyodor Dostoevsky: Complete Letters: 1860-1867, edited and translated by David A. Lowe, Ardis, 1989.

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Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.

Jesus

Matthew 5:6

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Righteousness Beatitudes Sermon on the Mount

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Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Matthew 5:6).

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The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Thomas Jefferson

A Summary View of the Rights of British America

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Natural law Human rights

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Thomas Jefferson

Source

A Summary View of the Rights of British America

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1774 1770s 18th century

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Jefferson, Thomas. A Summary View of the Rights of British America. Williamsburg, 1774.

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Jefferson, Thomas. "A Summary View of the Rights of British America." Jefferson: Political Writings. Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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It is the very error of the moon.
She comes more nearer Earth than she was wont
And makes men mad.

William Shakespeare

Othello

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The moon Insanity

Speaker

Othello

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Othello

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1604 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Othello. King's Men, 1 Nov. 1604, Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 5, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "Othello." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 2.

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You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.

Apollo 13

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Home

Speaker

Jim Lovell

Actor

Tom Hanks

Source

Apollo 13

Medium

Film

Genre

Docudrama (film)

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

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Apollo 13. Directed by Ron Howard. Universal Pictures/Imagine Entertainment, 1995.

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