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We brought nothing into this world and it's certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Amen.

Red River

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Death The human condition

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Thomas Dunson

Actor

John Wayne

Source

Red River

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

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Red River. Directed by Howard Hawks, Monterey Productions, 1948.

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Who is it that says most, which can say more
Than this rich praise, that you alone are you.

William Shakespeare

Sonnet 84

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Uniqueness of each person

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Sonnet 84 Shakespeare's Sonnets

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Language

English

Time

1609 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 84, 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 84.

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He took it for granted that she was content; and she resented his settled calm, his serene dullness, the very happiness she herself brought him.

Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary

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Relationship challenges Relationships

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Gustave Flaubert

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Madame Bovary

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

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Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary: Moeurs de Province [Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners]. Revue de Paris, 1 Oct. 1856 - 15 Dec. 1856. Serial.

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Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary, edited and translated by Lydia Davis. Penguin Classics, 2011, pt. 1, ch. 7.

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The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as the greatest virtues.

René Descartes

Discourse on Method

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Genius

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René Descartes

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Discourse on Method

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Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1637 1630s 17th century

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Descartes, René [published anonymously]. Discours de la Méthode: Pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences [Discourse on Method: To Conduct Reason Well, and Seek Truth in the Sciences]. Leiden, 1637, pt. 1.

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Descartes, René. Discourse on the Method, translated by Ian Maclean. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 1.

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O Rome! my country! city of the soul!

Lord Byron

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

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Rome

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Lord Byron

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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

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Lord Byron. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. London: John Murray, 1812-1818, canto 4, st. 78.

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Lord Byron. "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 4, st. 78.

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Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Political corruption

Author

Edward Gibbon

Source

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1781 1780s 18th century

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Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 2, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1781, ch. 21.

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Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 2. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 21.

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Who told you to step on my sneakers, who told you to walk on my side of the block, who told you to be in my neighborhood?

Do the Right Thing

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Inner city issues

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Buggin Out

Actor

Giancarlo Esposito

Source

Do the Right Thing

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Drama (film) Comedy drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Do the Right Thing. Directed by Spike Lee, 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks, 1989.

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My life, my real life, was in danger, and not from anything other people might do but from the hatred I carried in my own heart.

James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

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Effects of racism Black experience

Author

James Baldwin

Source

Notes of a Native Son

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Baldwin, James. "Me and My House." Harper's Magazine, Nov. 1955.

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Baldwin, James. "Notes of a Native Son." James Baldwin: Collected Essays, edited by Toni Morrison. Library of America, 1998.

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If you don't believe in love, what's the point of living?

Ron Swanson

Parks and Recreation

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Purpose of life Love

Speaker

Ron Swanson

Actor

Nick Offerman

Source

Parks and Recreation

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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"Ron and Tammy." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Mike Scully, directed by Troy Miller, season 2, episode 8, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2009.

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You sit on a throne of lies!

Buddy

Elf

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Deception

Speaker

Buddy

Actor

Will Ferrell

Source

Elf

Medium

Film

Genre

Christmas (film) Comedy (film) Christmas Comedy

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Elf. Directed by Jon Favreau. New Line Cinema/Guy Walks Into a Bar Productions, 2003.

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Of all the means which wisdom acquires to ensure happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the most important is friendship.

Epicurus

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

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Value of friendship Friendship

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Epicurus

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Diogenes Laërtius

Source

Epicurus The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

400 400s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Epicurus. Quoted in Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laertius. c. 240 AD, bk. 10, ch. 1, sect. 148.

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Epicurus. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 10, ch. 1, sect. 148.

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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.

George Washington

Washington's Farewell Address

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American experiment American government

Author

George Washington

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Washington's Farewell Address Presidential Farewell Address

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1796 1790s 18th century

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Washington, George. "The Address of Gen. Washington to the People of America on His Declining the Presidency of the United States." Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 19 Sept. 1796.

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Washington, George. "Farewell Address, September 19, 1796." George Washington: Writings, edited by John Rhodehamel. Library of America, 1997.

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They say, "There is nothing but our present life; we die and we live, and nothing but Time destroys us." Of that they have no knowledge; they merely conjecture.

Muhammad

The Quran

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Temporal vs. eternal The afterlife

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, 45:24.

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The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 45.

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Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?

Job

Job 2:10

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Adversity Yin and yang

Speaker

Job

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 2:10).

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I can't kill my own father.

Luke Skywalker

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Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

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Fathers and sons

Speaker

Luke Skywalker

Actor

Mark Hamill

Source

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Science fiction (film) Epic Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. Directed by Richard Marquand, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1983.

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We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.

Winston Churchill

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Architecture

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Winston Churchill

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

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Churchill, Winston. Speech on plans for the rebuilding of the Chamber. House of Commons meeting. 28 Oct. 1943, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

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Churchill, Winston. "A sense of crowd and urgency', 28 October 1943, House of Commons." Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches. Hyperion, 2005.

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It was ordained at the beginning of the world that certain signs should prefigure certain events.

Cicero

Concerning Divination

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Predicting the future The future

Author

Cicero

Source

Concerning Divination

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

44 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Divinatione [Concerning Divination]. c. 44 BC, bk. 1, ch. 52, sect. 118.

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May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.

Psalm 20:4

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Success God's blessing

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Psalms The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Psalm 20:4).

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Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

Euripides

Phoenix

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Influences Man as social animal

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Euripides

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Phoenix

Language

Greek

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Euripides. Phoenix. 5th century BC, fragment 809.

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Death therefore is nothing to us nor does it concern us a scrap, seeing that the nature of the spirit we possess is something mortal.

Lucretius Carus

De Rerum Natura

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Materialism (philosophy) The soul Death

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Lucretius Carus

Source

De Rerum Natura

Medium

Poem

Genre

Philosophical literature Didactic poem

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. 3, l. 830.

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Carus, Titus Lucretius. The Nature of Things, translated by Alicia Stallings. Penguin Classics, 2007, bk. 3, l. 830.

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