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If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union on this voyage, nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage.

Abraham Lincoln

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Topic

American Civil War American experiment

Speaker

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Speech in Cleveland, Ohio.

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech in Cleveland, Ohio." 15 Feb. 1861, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech at Cleveland, Ohio, February 15, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

Have not the unbelievers then beheld that the heavens and the earth were a mass all sewn up, and then We unstitched them and of water fashioned every living thing? Will they not believe?

Muhammad

The Quran

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Topic

Creation of the world

Speaker

Muhammad

Source

The Quran

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Arabic

Time

632 630s 7th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

The Quran. c. 630, 21:30.

Current Citation

The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 21.

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Jesus

John 3:3

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Topic

Being born again Repentance Salvation Kingdom of God

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them.

Jesus

Mark 6:11

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Topic

Evangelism

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Mark The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Mark 6:11).

A woman's time of opportunity is short, and if she doesn't seize it, no one wants to marry her, and she sits watching for omens.

Lysistrata

Lysistrata

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Topic

Women and aging Women

Speaker

Lysistrata

Author

Aristophanes

Source

Lysistrata

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

Greek

Time

414 BC 410s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Aristophanes. Λυσιστράτη [Lysistrata]. c. 411 BC, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Aristophanes. "Lysistrata." Lysistrata and Other Plays. Penguin Classics, 2008.

Promise me one thing: don't take me home until I'm drunk—until I'm very drunk indeed.

Breakfast at Tiffany's

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Topic

Getting drunk

Speaker

Holly Golightly

Actor

Audrey Hepburn

Source

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Breakfast at Tiffany's. Directed by Blake Edwards, Jurow-Shepherd/Spinel Entertainment, 1961.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

Voltaire

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Topic

Martyrdom

Author

Voltaire

Medium

Letter

Language

French

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Voltaire. Letter to Jean le Rond d'Alembert. 8 Feb. 1776.

Any time of the day is a good time for pie.

Pulp Fiction

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Topic

Pie Food

Speaker

Fabienne

Actor

Maria de Medeiros

Source

Pulp Fiction

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pulp Fiction. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, A Band Apart/Jersey Films, 1994.

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.

Florence Nightingale

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Topic

Buck stops here Success Excuses Personal responsibility

Speaker

Florence Nightingale

Source

Letters of Florence Nightingale

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Nightingale, Florence. Letter to Miss H. Bonham Carter. 1861.

I am willing to love all mankind, except an American.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Topic

Americans

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1778 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 15 Apr. 1778.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Charles Dickens

Our Mutual Friend

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Topic

Vulnerability Patience Gentleness

Speaker

Jenny Wren aka Fanny Cleaver

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

Our Mutual Friend

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "Our Mutual Friend." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, Mar. 1865, pt. 11, bk. 3, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Our Mutual Friend, edited by Adrian Poole. Penguin, 1998, bk. 3, ch. 2.

It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.

Ernest Hemingway

The Old Man and the Sea

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Topic

Luck Preparation

Author

Ernest Hemingway

Source

The Old Man and the Sea

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. The Old Man and the Sea. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952.

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.

Luke 2:1

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Topic

Jesus's birth

Source

Gospel of Luke The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 2:1).

There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all.

George Orwell

Homage to Catalonia

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Topic

Resistance Defeat War

Author

George Orwell

Source

Homage to Catalonia

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Orwell, George. Homage to Catalonia. Secker and Warburg, 1938, ch. 4.

To abstain from politics is in itself a political attitude.

Simone de Beauvoir

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Topic

Civic duty Political neutrality Politics

Author

Simone de Beauvoir

Source

La Force de l'âge

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. La force de l'âge [The Prime of Life]. Gallimard, 1960.

Get off of my cloud.

The Rolling Stones

Get Off of My Cloud

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Topic

Eff the haters

Speaker

The Rolling Stones

Source

Get Off of My Cloud December's Children (And Everybody's)

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Jagger, Mick and Keith Richards. Get Off of My Cloud. Performed by the Rolling Stones. London Recordings/Decca Records, 1965.

Evidently, Mr. Ringo's an educated man, how I really hate him.

Doc Holliday

Tombstone

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Topic

Anti-intellectualism

Speaker

Doc Holliday

Actor

Val Kilmer

Source

Tombstone

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tombstone. Directed by George P. Cosmatos, Hollywood Pictures/Cinergi Pictures, 1993.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, by James Boswell

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Topic

Boats

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1773 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 21 Aug. 1773.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in "The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides." A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, edited by Jack Lynch and Celia Barnes. Oxford University Press, 2021.

The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.

Oscar Wilde

Intentions

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Topic

History

Speaker

Gilbert

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Critic as Artist Intentions

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist." Intentions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1891, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist Part I." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.

Theophrastus

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Value of time Time

Speaker

Theophrastus

Author

Diogenes Laërtius

Source

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

400 400s 3rd century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Theophrastus. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 5, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Theophrastus. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 5, ch. 2.