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Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall.

William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure

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Getting away with it Injustice Success Failure

Speaker

Escalus

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Measure for Measure

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. "Measure for Measure." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 1.

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

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All I have in this world is my balls and my word and I don't break 'em for no one. Do you understand?

Tony Montana

Scarface

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Keeping one's word Balls

Speaker

Tony Montana

Actor

Al Pacino

Source

Scarface

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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

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Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Colossians 3:20

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Obedience Parents and children

Source

Colossians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Colossians 3:20).

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A man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest.

Simon & Garfunkel

The Boxer

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Confirmation bias Cognitive biases

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Simon & Garfunkel

Source

The Boxer Bridge over Troubled Water (album)

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk rock

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Simon, Paul. "Bridge Over Troubled Water." Performed by Simon & Garfunkel. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Columbia Records, 1970.

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Walk not on the earth exultantly; certainly thou wilt never tear the earth open, nor attain the mountains in height.

Muhammad

The Quran

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Humility Insignificance of man Man and the universe

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, 17:37.

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The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 17.

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But meanwhile it is flying, irretrievable time is flying.

Virgil

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Relentlessness of time Passage of time Time

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Virgil

Source

Georgics

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

29 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Virgil. Georgica [Georgics]. c. 29 BCE, bk. 3.

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Virgil. "The Georgics." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 3.

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Appetite comes with eating.

Francois Rabelais

Gargantua and Pantagruel

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Appetite

Author

Francois Rabelais

Source

Gargantua and Pantagruel

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

French

Time

1534 1530s 16th century

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Rabelais, Francois [Alcofribas Nasier]. La vie très horrifique du grand Gargantua, père de Pantagruel [The Very Horrific Life of Great Gargantua, Father of Pantagruel]. 1534, ch. 5.

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Rabelais, Francois. Gargantua & Pantagruel. Dover Publications, 2016, bk. 5.

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The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness.

Bull Durham

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Self-awareness

Speaker

Annie Savoy

Actor

Susan Sarandon

Source

Bull Durham

Medium

Film

Genre

Sports (film) Romantic comedy (film) Sports Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Bull Durham. Directed by Ron Shelton, The Mount Company, 1988.

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Death is, you see, one or the other of two things: either to be dead is to be non-existent, as it were, and a dead person has no awareness of anything at all; or else, as we are told, the soul undergoes some sort of transformation, or exchanging of this present world for another.

Socrates

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Mystery of death The afterlife Death Oblivion The soul

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Apology

Medium

Courtroom speech Speech

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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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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Hear no ill of a Friend, nor speak any of an Enemy.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Friends and enemies Friends Enemies Gossip

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Advice

Language

English

Time

1739 1730s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1739.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1739." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Nothing can be created from nothing.

Lucretius

On the Nature of Things

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Creation Nothingness

Author

Lucretius

Source

On the Nature of Things

Medium

Poem

Genre

Didactic poem Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Latin

Time

55 BC 50s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Carus, Titus Lucretius. De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things]. c. 55 BC, bk. 1, l. 155.

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Carus, Titus Lucretius. The Nature of Things, translated by Alicia Stallings. Penguin Classics, 2007, bk. 1, l. 155.

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I will not be judged by you or society. I will wear whatever and blow whomever I want as long as I can breathe-and kneel.

Samantha

Sex and the City

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Eff the haters Criticism from others

Speaker

Samantha

Actor

Kim Cattrall

Source

Sex and the City

Medium

TV program

Genre

Romantic comedy (TV) Comedy (TV) Romantic comedy Comedy

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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"Cover Girl." Sex and the City, written by Darren Star and Judy Toll and Michael Patrick King, directed by John David Coles, season 5, episode 4, Darren Star Productions, 2002.

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Beware of little Expences: a small leak will sink a great Ship.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Butterfly effect Little things make a big difference Actions have consequences

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Advice

Language

English

Time

1745 1740s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1745.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1745." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

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Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

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Tears Crying

Speaker

Pip

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, 16 Feb. 1861, issue 12, ch. 19.

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Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 19.

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A snake lurks in the grass.

Virgil

Eclogues

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Danger

Speaker

Damoetas

Author

Virgil

Source

Eclogues

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

30 BC 30s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Virgil. Eclogae [Eclogues]. c. 30 BC, no. 3.

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Virgil. "The Eclogues." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, no. 3.

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I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life.

Neo

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The Matrix

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Control of one's life Control

Speaker

Neo

Actor

Keanu Reeves

Source

The Matrix

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Action (film) Science fiction Action

Language

English

Time

1999 1990s 20th century

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The Matrix. Directed by The Wachowskis. Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/Groucho II Film Partnership/Silver Pictures, 1999.

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I don't want realism. I want magic!

A Streetcar Named Desire

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Magic

Speaker

Blanche DuBois

Actor

Vivien Leigh

Source

A Streetcar Named Desire

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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A Streetcar Named Desire. Directed by Elia Kazan. Warner Bros., 1951.

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Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

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Honor

Author

Marcus Aurelius

Source

Meditations

Medium

Personal journal

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

180 180s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 3.

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Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 3.

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Once I moved about like the wind. Now I surrender to you and that is all.

Geronimo

Quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown

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US and Native American relations Native American life American West

Speaker

Geronimo

Author

Dee Brown

Source

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

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Geronimo. Surrending to General Crook. 27 Mar. 1886, Canon de los Embudos (Canyon of the Funnels), Mexico.

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Geronimo. Quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, written by Dee Brown. Picador, 2007, ch. 17.

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He wanted to stop and chat with me and I don't know him well enough for a stop and chat.

Larry David

Curb Your Enthusiasm

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Conversation

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Larry David

Actor

Larry David

Source

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV)

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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"The Massage." Curb Your Enthusiasm, written by Larry David, directed by Robert B. Weide, season 2, episode 10, Home Box Office, 2001.

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