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Many a Man thinks he is buying Pleasure, when he is really selling himself a slave to it.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Pleasure Hedonism Addiction Delusion

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1750 1750s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1750.

Current Citation

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

There were two classes of charitable people; one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all.

Charles Dickens

Bleak House

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Topic

Generosity Charity

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

Bleak House

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, May 1852, issue 3, ch. 8.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 8.

If any man hopes to do a deed without God's knowledge, he errs.

Pindar

Olympian Odes

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Topic

God's omniscience

Author

Pindar

Source

Olympian Odes

Medium

Poem

Language

Greek

Time

476 BC 470s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pindar. Olympian Odes. c. 464 BC.

Current Citation

Pindar. The Complete Odes, translated by Anthony Verity. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Is this a breakthrough, that I'm a sailor? I sail? I sail now?

What About Bob?

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Topic

Personal growth Facing one's fears

Speaker

Bob Wiley

Actor

Bill Murray

Source

What About Bob?

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

What About Bob? Directed by Frank Oz, Touchstone Pictures/Touchwood Pacific Partners, 1991.

I know this—a man got to do what he got to do.

John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

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Topic

Survival

Author

John Steinbeck

Source

The Grapes of Wrath

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. The Viking Press, 1939, ch. 18.

You got anger, that's good you're gonna need it son. You got aggression that's even better, you're gonna need that, too. But any little two-year-old child can throw a fit! Football is about controlling that anger, harnessing that aggression into a team effort to achieve perfection!

Remember the Titans

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Topic

Controlling one's anger Aggression

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.

It ain't never too hot or never too cold—for fuckin'!

Do the Right Thing

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Topic

Sex

Speaker

Sweet Dick Willie

Actor

Robin Harris

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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Citation

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

They think that I can make friends if we move. Just move, everything will be roses and sunshine.

Rebel Without a Cause

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Grass is always greener Change of scenery

Speaker

Jim Stark

Actor

James Dean

Source

Rebel Without a Cause

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Rebel Without a Cause. Directed by Nicholas Ray, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1955.

Don't try to be a hero! You don't have to be a hero, not for me!

High Noon

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Topic

Heroes

Speaker

Amy Fowler Kane

Actor

Grace Kelly

Source

High Noon

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

High Noon. Directed by Fred Zinnemann, Stanley Kramer Productions, 1952.

O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

Apostle Paul

Romans 11:33

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Topic

God's wisdom Nature of God God

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Romans The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Romans 11:33).

It is completely unimportant... That is why it is so interesting.

Hercule Poirot

Quoted in The Murder of Rogers Ackroyd

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Topic

Clues

Speaker

Hercule Poirot

Author

Agatha Christie

Source

The Murder of Rogers Ackroyd

Medium

Novel

Genre

Detective fiction

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Christie, Agatha. "Who Killed Ackroyd?" London Evening News, July - Sept. 1925.

Current Citation

Christie, Agatha. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Vintage Books, 2022, ch. 7.

Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that Fortune grants.

Horace

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Topic

Gratitude Living in the moment

Author

Horace

Source

Odes (Horace)

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Latin

Time

23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 1, no. 9.

Current Citation

Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, no. 9.

Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Topic

Fame Taking it easy

Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

Of Solitude Essays

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "De La Solitude [Of Solitude]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Of Solitude." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

We must not make a scarecrow of the law,
Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,
And let it keep one shape till custom make it
Their perch and not their terror.

William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure

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Topic

Law Justice

Speaker

Angelo

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Measure for Measure

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

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.

Current Citation

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.

Beloved, let us love one another.

1st John 4:7

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Topic

Loving others Love

Source

1st John The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

95 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st John 4:7).

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, not even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live accordingly to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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Topic

Philosophy

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.

No man is happy who does not think himself so.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Topic

Power of thought Attitude and mindset

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

I can't believe this. They fucking forgot my birthday.

Sixteen Candles

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Topic

Birthday

Speaker

Samantha 'Sam' Baker

Actor

Molly Ringwald

Source

Sixteen Candles

Medium

Film

Genre

Coming of age (film) Comedy (film) Coming of age Comedy

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Sixteen Candles. Directed by John Hughes, Universal Pictures/Channel Productions, 1984.

We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Second Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic

Unfettered capitalism Capitalism

Speaker

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1937, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "Second Inaugral Address: Washington, DC, January 20, 1937." Great Speeches, edited by John Grafton. Dover, 1999.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

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Topic

Love of money Greed

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 5:10).