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It's only those who do nothing that make no mistakes.

Joseph Conrad

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Mistakes

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Joseph Conrad

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An Outcast of the Islands

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Novel

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English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

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Conrad, Joseph. An Outcast of the Islands. D. Appleton and Company, 1896, pt. 3, ch. 2.

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Conrad, Joseph. An Outcast of the Islands. Penguin Modern Classics, 1975, pt. 3, ch. 2.

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Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.

Thomas Jefferson

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Jobs Work

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Thomas Jefferson

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Letters of Thomas Jefferson

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Letter

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English

Time

1792 1790s 18th century

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Peter Carr. 22 June 1792.

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No man loves like him that's growing old.

Sophocles

Acrisius

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Sophocles

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Acrisius

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Play

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Greek tragedy Tragedy (play)

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Greek

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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Sophocles. Acrisius. 5th century BC, fragment 64.

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In disquisitions of every kind, there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasonings must depend.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 31

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First principles

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Alexander Hamilton

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Federalist 31 The Federalist Papers

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Essay

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Political literature

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English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 31: The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation." New York Packet, 1 Jan. 1788.

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Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 31: Fears of federal usurpation considered.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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Wait for the wisest of all counsellors, Time.

Pericles

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Pericles

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Plutarch

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Plutarch's Lives

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Biography

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Advice

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Greek

Time

100 100s 2nd century

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Pericles. Quoted in "Pericles." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 18, sect. 2.

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Pericles. Quoted in "Pericles." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 18, sect. 2.

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There is nothing in this World constant, but Inconstancy.

Jonathan Swift

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The only constant is change Impermanence Change

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Jonathan Swift

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A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind

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Essay

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Philosophical literature

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Paradox

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English

Time

1711 1710s 18th century

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Swift, Jonathan. A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind. London: John Morphew, 1711.

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Swift, Jonathan. "A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind." Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises: Polite Conversation, Directions Servants and Other Works, edited by Valerie Rumbold. Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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Talking too much Talking Effective communication Communication

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Joel Barish

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Jim Carrey

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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Film

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Romantic drama (film) Science fiction (film) Romantic drama Science fiction

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English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Directed by Michel Gondry, Anonymous Content/This Is That, 2004.

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All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

2nd Timothy 3:16

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The Bible

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2nd Timothy The Bible

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Greek

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67 60s 1st century

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (2nd Timothy 3:16).

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Necessity knows no law except to prevail.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Necessity Desperation Moral theory

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Publilius Syrus

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Sententiae

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Epigram

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Latin

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43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

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Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

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I'll have a vanilla... One of the vanilla bullshit things. You know, do whatever you want, some vanilla bullshit latte, cappa thing. You know, whatever you got, I don't care.

Larry David

Curb Your Enthusiasm

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Coffee

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Larry David

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Larry David

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Curb Your Enthusiasm

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TV program

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Comedy (TV)

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English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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"Shaq." Curb Your Enthusiasm, written by Larry David, directed by Dean Parisot, season 2, episode 8, Home Box Office, 2001.

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As the Spirit of our mortal body wanders on in childhood, and youth and old age, the Spirit wanders on to a new body: of this the sage has no doubts.

Bhagavad Gita

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Reincarnation

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Bhagavad Gita

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Scripture

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Sanskrit

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200 BC 200s BC 3rd century BC

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Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita. c. 200 BCE, ch. 2, v. 13.

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Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita, translated W. J. Johnson. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 2, v. 13.

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Unexpected money is a delight. The same sum is a bitterness when you expected more.

Mark Twain

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Windfalls Money Expectations

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Mark Twain

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Letters of Mark Twain

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Letter

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Irony

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English

Time

1878 1870s 19th century

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Twain, Mark. Letter to Orion Clemens. 23 Mar. 1878.

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Twain, Mark. Letter to Orion Clemens, 23 Mar. 1878. Collected Nonfiction of Mark Twain. Vol. 1, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2016.

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It will be different. If we could just give it another go-round.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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Relationship challenges Broken relationships Relationships

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Joel Barish

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Jim Carrey

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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Film

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Romantic drama (film) Science fiction (film) Romantic drama Science fiction

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English

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2004 2000s 21st century

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Directed by Michel Gondry, Anonymous Content/This Is That, 2004.

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All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.

George Orwell

Homage to Catalonia

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Warmongering Politics in war War

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George Orwell

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Homage to Catalonia

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Autobiography and memoir

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English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Orwell, George. Homage to Catalonia. Secker and Warburg, 1938, ch. 5.

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If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1st John 1:9

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Repentance God's mercy Forgiveness of sins

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1st John The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Greek

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95 90s 1st century

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st John 1:9).

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For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

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Sin Original sin Human nature

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Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

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931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 7:20).

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Men should be what they seem.

William Shakespeare

Othello

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Iago

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William Shakespeare

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Othello

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Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

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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 3, sc. 3.

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

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Give brief orders; speeches that are too long are likely to be forgotten.

Abu Bakr

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Brevity Battle War

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Abu Bakr

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Sayings of Abu Bakir

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Advice

Language

Arabic

Time

634 630s 7th century

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Bakr, Abu. Quoted in "Sayings of Abu Bakir." Examining Religions: Islam, written by Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood. Heinemann Educational, 2008.

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Fear is the foundation of most governments.

John Adams

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Fear Political theory Government Politics

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John Adams

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Thoughts on Government, Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies

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Pamphlet

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Political literature

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Adams, John. Thoughts on Government, Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776.

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Adams, John. "Thoughts on Government, Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies, April 1776." John Adams: Revolutionary Writings 1775-1783, edited by Gordon S. Wood. Library of America, 2011.

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Where there is great love, there are always miracles.

Willa Cather

Death Comes for the Archbishop

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Miracles Love

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Father Vaillant

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Willa Cather

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Death Comes for the Archbishop

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Novel

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English

Time

1927 1920s 20th century

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Cather, Willa. Death Comes for the Archbishop. Alfred A. Knopf, 1927, bk. 1, ch. 4.

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