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We have stood apart, studiously neutral.

Woodrow Wilson

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World War I

Speaker

Woodrow Wilson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "Third Annual Message." US Congress meeting. 7 Dec. 1915, United States Capitol, Washington, DC, USA.

Every one lives by selling something.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Making a living The human condition

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Across the Plains

Genre

Travel writing Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Across the Plains. London: Chatto & Windus, 1892, ch. 9.

Always do what is right...because it is right.

Letters from Iwo Jima

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Topic

Doing the right thing Right and wrong

Speaker

Baron Nishi

Actor

Tsuyoshi Ihara

Source

Letters from Iwo Jima

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Japanese

Time

2006 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Letters from Iwo Jima. Directed by Clint Eastwood, DreamWorks Pictures/Malpaso Productions/Amblin Entertainment/Warner Bros., 2006.

You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

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Topic

Seeking wisdom Downsides of knowledge

Author

Mary Shelley

Source

Frankenstein

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, letter 4.

Current Citation

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text. Penguin Classics, 2018, letter 4.

The joy of love is too short, and the sorrow thereof, and what cometh thereof, dureth over long.

Sir Thomas Mallory

Le Morte d'Arthur

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Topic

Downsides of love Love

Author

Sir Thomas Mallory

Source

Le Morte d'Arthur

Language

English

Time

1485 1480s 15th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Malory, Thomas. Le Morte d'Arthur. London: William Caxton, 1485, bk. 10, ch. 56.

Current Citation

Malory, Thomas. Le Morte D'Arthur. Vol. 2, Penguin Classics, 1970, bk. 10, ch. 56.

Nonsense wakes up the brain cells.

Dr. Seuss

Quoted in The Los Angeles Times

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Topic

Nonsense and bullshit

Speaker

Dr. Seuss

Source

The Los Angeles Times

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Dr. Seuss. Quoted in "Author Isn't Just a Cat in the Hat." Interviewed by Miles Corwin. Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 1983.

Marxism is essentially a product of the bourgeois mind.

Joseph Schumpeter

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

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Marxism Political ideology

Author

Joseph Schumpeter

Source

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

Genre

Economic literature Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Schumpeter, Joseph Alois. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Harper & Brothers, 1942, pt. 1, ch. 1.

The divide of race has been America's constant curse. And each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices... These obsessions cripple both those who hate and of course those who are hated, robbing both of what they might become. We cannot, we will not, succumb to the dark impulses that lurk in the far regions of the soul everywhere. We shall overcome them.

Bill Clinton

Second Inaugural Address of Bill Clinton

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Topic

Race relations Prejudice and bias

Speaker

Bill Clinton

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Bill Clinton Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Clinton, William J. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1997, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Our ancestors refused to allow any woman to transact even private business without a guardian to represent her; women had to be under the control of fathers, brothers, or husbands. But we (heaven preserve us!) are now allowing them even to take part in politics, and actually to appear in the Forum and to be present at our meetings and assemblies!... Give a free rein to their unprincipled nature, to this untamed animal, and then expect them to set a limit on their own license!

Livy

Ab Urbe Condita

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Topic

Women's rights Men and women Misogyny Patriarchy

Author

Livy

Source

Ab Urbe Condita

Genre

Historical literature

Language

Latin

Time

9 BC 1s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Livy. Ab urbe condita [From the Founding of the City]. c. 9 BC, bk. 34, ch. 2, sect. 12.

Current Citation

Livy. Rome and the Mediterranean: History of Rome from Its Foundation, books 31-45, translated by Henry Bettenson. Penguin Classics, 1976, bk. 34, ch. 2.

It is so crowded and yet so lonely, isn't it?

Gilda

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Topic

Loneliness

Speaker

Uncle Pio

Actor

Steven Geray

Source

Gilda

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Gilda. Directed by Charles Vidor, Columbia Pictures, 1946.

Teddy Roosevelt gave an entire once speech with a bullet lodged in his chest. Some things are a matter of duty.

Junior Soprano

The Sopranos

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Topic

Duty

Speaker

Junior Soprano

Actor

Dominic Chianese

Source

The Sopranos

Medium

TV program

Genre

Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Another Toothpick." The Sopranos, written by David Chase and Terence Winter, directed by Jack Bender, season 3, episode 5, Chase Films and Home Box Office, 2001.

We are protected by the enormity of your stupidity, for a time.

Notorious

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Speaker

Madame Sebastian

Actor

Leopoldine Konstantin

Source

Notorious

Medium

Film

Genre

Film noir Spy (film) Spy

Statement Type

Insult

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Notorious. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, RKO Pictures/Vanguard Films, 1946.

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

David Hume

A Treatise of Human Nature

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Topic

Religion Philosophy

Author

David Hume

Source

A Treatise of Human Nature

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1739 1730s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hume, David, [published anonymously]. A Treatise of Human Nature. London: John Noon, 1739, bk. 1, pt. 4, sec. 7.

Current Citation

Hume, David. "A Treatise of Human Nature." The Clarendon Edition of the Works of David Hume, edited by David Fate Norton and Mary J. Norton. Vol. 1, Oxford University Press, 2007, bk. 1, pt. 4, sect. 7.

Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power,
After offence returning, to regain
Love once possessed.

John Milton

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Topic

Power of beauty Beauty

Author

John Milton

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, I. 1003.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, l. 1003.

Riches are for spending.

Francis Bacon

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Topic

Purpose of money Money

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

Of Expense Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1625 1620s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Of Expense." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Expense." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual, he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic

Lying

Author

Thomas Jefferson

Source

Letters of Thomas Jefferson

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1785 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Peter Carr. 19 Aug. 1785.

Current Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. "Peter Carr, Aug. 19, 1785." The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Adrienne Koch and William Peden. Modern Library, 1998.

Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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Topic

Political theory Politics Means and ends

Author

Jawaharlal Nehru

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Nehru, Jawaharlal. "The Basic Approach." AICC Economic Review, 15 Aug. 1958.

I had no intention to write atheistically. But I own that I cannot see as plainly as others do, and as I should wish to do, evidence of design and beneficence on all sides of us. There seems to me too much misery in the world.

Charles Darwin

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Topic

Problem of evil

Author

Charles Darwin

Source

Letters of Charles Darwin

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Darwin, Charles. Letter to Asa Gray. 22 May 1860.

Current Citation

Darwin, Charles. Letter to Asa Gray, 22 May [1860]." The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, edited by Frederick Burkhardt and James A. Secord. Vol. 8: 1860. Cambridge University Press, 2022, no. 2814.

Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

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Topic

Obedience to God Fear of God Purpose of life

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 12:13).

All the things you probably hate about travelling—the recycled air, the artificial lighting, the digital juice dispensers, the cheap sushi—are warm reminders that I'm home.

Up in the Air

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Topic

Travel

Speaker

Ryan Bingham

Actor

George Clooney

Source

Up in the Air

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Up in the Air. Directed by Jason Reitman, DreamWorks Pictures/The Montecito Picture Company/Cold Spring Pictures/Rickshaw Productions/Right of Way Films, 2009.