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The discipline of colleges and universities is in general contrived, not for the benefit of the students, but for the interest, or more properly speaking, for the ease of the masters.

Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations

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Topic

Academia Higher education

Author

Adam Smith

Source

The Wealth of Nations

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations. Vol. 2, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1776, bk. 5, ch. 1, pt. 3.

Current Citation

Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, edited by Edwin Cannan. The Modern Library,, bk. 5, ch. 1, pt. 3.

The hour which gives us life begins to take it away.

Seneca the Younger

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Birth Life and death

Speaker

Chorus

Author

Seneca the Younger

Source

Hercules Furens

Medium

Play

Language

Latin

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

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Seneca the Younger. Hercules Furens [The Mad Hercules]. 1st century.

Current Citation

Seneca the Younger. "Hercules Mad." The Complete Tragedies, translated by Shadi Barsch and Sussana Braund and David Konstan. Vol. 2, University of Chicago Press, 2022.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.

John Locke

An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding

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Topic

Resistance to change Status quo Innovation

Author

John Locke

Source

The Epistle Dedicatory An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1690 1690s 17th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Locke, John. "The Epistle Dedicatory." An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. London: Thomas Basset, 1690.

Current Citation

Locke, John. "The Epistle Dedicatory." An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, edited by Roger Woolhouse. Penguin Classics, 1998.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Creativity Imagination Knowledge

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Author

George Sylvester Viereck

Source

What Life Means to Einstein The Saturday Evening Post

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Einstein, Albert. "What Life Means to Einstein." Interviewed by George Sylvester Viereck. The Saturday Evening Post, 26 Oct. 1929.

In our whole system, national and State, we have shunned all the defects which unceasingly preyed on the vitals and destroyed the ancient Republics.

James Monroe

Second Inaugural Address of James Monroe

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American democracy American experiment

Speaker

James Monroe

Source

Second Inaugural Address of James Monroe Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Monroe, James. "Second Inaugural Address." 5 Mar. 1821, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.

Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

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Topic

Happiness Grief Personal growth

Author

Marcel Proust

Source

Time Regained In Search of Lost Time

Medium

Novel

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

French

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score

Original Citation

Proust, Marcel. Le Temps retrouvé [Time Regained]. Paris: Gallimard, 1927.

Current Citation

Proust, Marcel. Finding Time Again, edited and translated by Ian Patterson. Penguin Classics, 2023.

There are men in the world who derive as stern an exaltation from the proximity of disaster and ruin, as others from success.

Winston Churchill

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Topic

Apocalypticism

Author

Winston Churchill

Source

The Malakand Field Force

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1898 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Churchill, Winston Spencer. The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War. London: Pearson Longman, 1898, ch. 16.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston Spencer. The Story of the Malakand Field Force. Dover Publications, 2010, ch. 16.

For it is feeling and force of imagination that makes us eloquent.

Quintilian

Institutio Oratoria

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Eloquence Rhetoric

Author

Quintilian

Source

Institutio Oratoria

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

95 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria [Institutes of Oratory]. c. 95 AD, bk. 10, ch. 7, sect. 15.

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste.

The Rolling Stones

Sympathy for the Devil

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Topic

Taste Wealth Sophistication

Speaker

The Rolling Stones

Source

Sympathy for the Devil Beggars Banquet

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Statement Type

Introduction

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Jagger, Mick and Keith Richards. "Sympathy for the Devil." Performed by The Rolling Stones. Beggars Banquet. Decca Records, 1968.

Deep unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.

George Eliot

Adam Bede

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Topic

Inflection points Overcoming adversity Adversity Suffering

Author

George Eliot

Source

Adam Bede

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Eliot, George. Adam Bede. Edinburgh/London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1859, ch. 42.

Current Citation

Eliot, George. Adam Bede, edited by Carol A. Martin. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 42.

Because doing more than the minimum work is my definition of failing.

Community

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Topic

Failure Laziness

Speaker

Jeff Winger

Actor

Joel McHale

Source

Community

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Comparative Religion." Community, written by Dan Harmon and Liz Cackowski, directed by Adam Davidson, season 1, episode 12, Krasnoff Foster Productions and Harmonius Claptrap, 2009.

The loss of liberty, of all good government, of peace, plenty, and happiness, must inevitably follow a dissolution of the union.

Andrew Jackson

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson

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Topic

American government American politics

Speaker

Andrew Jackson

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Andrew Jackson Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1833 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Jackson, Andrew. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1833, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

Apostle Paul

Philippians 4:4

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Topic

Joy

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Philippians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Philippians 4:4).

O mankind, We have created you male and female, and appointed you races and tribes, that you may know one another.

Muhammad

The Quran

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Topic

Men and women Interconnectedness of all people

Speaker

Muhammad

Source

The Quran

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Arabic

Time

632 630s 7th century

Authentication Score 2

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The Quran. c. 630, 49:13.

Current Citation

The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 49.

Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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Topic

Materialism Possessions

Author

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Economy Walden

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

Jesus

John 14:1

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Topic

Faith Inner peace Reassurance

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 14:1).

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.

Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations

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Consumers Economic theory Political theory

Author

Adam Smith

Source

The Wealth of Nations

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations. Vol. 2, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776, bk. 4, ch. 8.

Current Citation

Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, edited by Edwin Cannan. The Modern Library, bk. 4, ch. 8.

I'm down. But, I'm down for somethin' positive in the community. Are you down for that?

Do the Right Thing

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Topic

Inner city issues

Speaker

Jade

Actor

Joie Lee

Source

Do the Right Thing

Medium

Film

Genre

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

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

Out of the frying pan into the fire.

Tertullian

On the Flesh of Christ

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Topic

Bad to worse

Author

Tertullian

Source

On the Flesh of Christ

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

206 200s 3rd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Tertullian. De Carne Christi [On the Flesh of Christ]. c. 206, sect. 6.

We will be perfect in every aspect of the game. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You fumble the football, and I will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts and then you will run a mile. Perfection.

Remember the Titans

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Topic

Perfectionism Football

Speaker

Coach Herman Boone

Actor

Denzel Washington

Source

Remember the Titans

Genre

Sports (film) Biography (film) Sports Biography

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Remember the Titans. Directed by Boaz Yakin, Technical Black Films/Jerry Bruckheimer Films/Walt Disney Pictures, 2000.