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The just shall live by faith.

Apostle Paul

Romans 1:17

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Faith

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 1:17).

Jazz music is to be played sweet, soft, plenty rhythm.

Jelly Roll Morton

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Topic

Jazz Music

Author

Jelly Roll Morton

Source

Mister Jelly Roll

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Morton, Jelly Roll. Quoted in Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and "Inventor of Jazz", written by Alan Lomax. Grosset & Dunlap, 1950.

Youth is wholly experimental.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Purpose of youth Trying new things

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Language

English

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Across the Plains. London: Chatto & Windus, 1892, ch. 10.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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Topic

Uncertainty The human condition

Author

Henry Adams

Source

The Education of Henry Adams

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 6.

I couldn't sleep last night because I know that it's over between us. I'm not bitter anymore because I know that what we had was real.

The Notebook

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Topic

Broken relationships Lost love

Speaker

Noah

Actor

Ryan Gosling

Source

The Notebook

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama

Language

English

Time

2004 2000s 21st century

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Citation

The Notebook. Directed by Nick Cassavetes, Gran Via, 2004.

All punishment is mischief: all punishment in itself is evil.

Jeremy Bentham

An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

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Punishment

Author

Jeremy Bentham

Source

An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

Medium

Essay

Genre

Political literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Bentham, Jeremy. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation. London: T. Payne and Son, 1789, ch. 13.

Current Citation

Bentham, Jeremy. Utilitarianism and Other Essays. Penguin UK, 2004, ch. 13.

Sorry boss, but there's only two men I trust. One of them's me. The other's not you.

Con Air

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Topic

Trusting others

Speaker

Cameron Poe

Actor

Nicolas Cage

Source

Con Air

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Thriller (film) Action Thriller

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Con Air. Directed by Simon West, Touchstone Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, 1997.

The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Separation of powers Constitutional theory

Author

Edward Gibbon

Source

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 3.

I won't have cowards in my army.

General George S. Patton Jr.

Patton

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Topic

Cowards War

Speaker

General George S. Patton Jr.

Actor

George C. Scott

Source

Patton

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) War (film) Biography War

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Patton. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox, 1969.

A damn fine cup of coffee.

Dale Cooper

Twin Peaks

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Topic

Coffee

Speaker

Dale Cooper

Actor

Kyle MacLachlan

Source

Twin Peaks

Medium

TV program

Genre

Mystery (TV) Drama (TV) Mystery Drama

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

"Pilot." Twin Peaks, written by Mark Frost and David Lynch, directed by David Lynch, season 1, episode 1, Lynch Entertainment and Lynch/Frost Productions and Spelling Entertainment, 1990.

He is well paid that is well satisfied.

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

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Topic

Satisfaction Contentment

Speaker

Portia

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Merchant of Venice

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1598 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Merchant of Venice." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 1.

I think the peasant girl is more beautiful than a lady, in her dusty, patched blue skirt and bodice, which get the most delicate hues from weather, wind, and sun. But if she puts on a lady's dress, she loses her peculiar charm.

Vincent Van Gogh

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Topic

Beautiful women Beauty

Author

Vincent Van Gogh

Source

Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Dutch

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Letter to Theo van Gogh. 30 Apr. 1885.

Current Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh, edited by Irving Stone and Jean Stone. Plume, 1995.

And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe—the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.

John F. Kennedy

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy

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Topic

Human rights Natural law

Speaker

John F. Kennedy

Source

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1961 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.

Demosthenes

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Foreign policy International politics Political theory Politics

Speaker

Demosthenes

Medium

Speech

Language

Greek

Time

343 BC 340s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Demosthenes. 2nd Philippic. c. 44 BC, Rome, Italy.

For the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth.

God

Genesis 8:21

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Topic

Original sin Human nature

Speaker

God

Source

Genesis The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 8:21).

Who hath desired the Sea? The sight of salt water unbounded?

Rudyard Kipling

Kim

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Topic

Salt water Ocean and sea

Author

Rudyard Kipling

Source

Kim

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1901 1900s 20th century

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Kipling, Rudyard. "Kim." McClure's Magazine, Dec. 1900 - Oct. 1901.

Current Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. Kim, edited by Zohreh T. Sullivan. W. W. Norton & Company, 2002.

The history of England is emphatically the history of progress.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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England

Author

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Source

Sir James Mackintosh Edinburgh Review

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1835 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "Sir James Mackintosh." Edinburgh Review, July 1835.

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Scotland England

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Statement Type

Talking shit

Language

English

Time

1763 1760s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 6 July 1763.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

There shall be no love lost.

Ben Jonson

Every Man out of His Humour

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Dislike

Speaker

Sogliardo

Author

Ben Jonson

Source

Every Man out of His Humour

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play) Satire Comedy

Language

English

Time

1599 1590s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Jonson, Ben. Every Man out of His Humour. Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Jonson, Ben. "Every Man out of His Humour." Ben Jonson: Five Plays, edited by G. A. Wilkes. Oxford University Press, 2009, act 2, sc. 1.

I never wanted to be anybody else.

Easy Rider

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Topic

Being oneself Individualism Taking a different path

Speaker

Wyatt

Actor

Peter Fonda

Source

Easy Rider

Medium

Film

Genre

Road movie Drama (film) Drama

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Easy Rider. Directed by Dennis Hopper. Pando Company Inc./Raybert Productions, 1969.