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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

Proverbs 6:6-8

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Ants Workings of nature Nature

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 6:6-8).

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The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.

Revelation 20:13

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Judgment Day End times

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Revelation The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

96 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Revelation 20:13).

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You know everything is not an anecdote. You have to discriminate. You choose things that are funny or mildly amusing or interesting.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

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Stories

Speaker

Neal Page

Actor

Steve Martin

Source

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Medium

Film

Genre

Road movie Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Directed by John Hughes, Hughes Entertainment, 1987.

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Those who are contented and at ease when the occasion comes and live in accord with the course of Nature cannot be affected by sorrow or joy. This is what the ancients called release from bondage. Those who cannot release themselves are so because they are bound by material things.

Zhuang Zhou

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Letting go Attachment (Buddhism)

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Zhuang Zhou

Source

Zhuang Zhou

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Philosophical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

221 BC 220s BC 3rd century BC

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Zhou, Zhuang. 莊子 [Zhuangzi]. c. 221 BC, ch. 6.

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Having found the bomb we have used it.

Harry Truman

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Nuclear weapons

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Harry Truman

Source

Report on the Potsdam Conference (Speech)

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Truman, Harry S. Radio Report to the American People on the Potsdam Conference. 9 Aug. 1945, Washington, DC, USA.

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That is what happens when you sit behind a desk. You forget things, like the weight in the hand of a gun that's loaded and one that's not.

Taken

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Guns

Speaker

Bryan Mills

Actor

Liam Neeson

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Taken

Medium

Film

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Action (film) Thriller (film) Action Thriller

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English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Taken. Directed by Pierre Morel, EuropaCorp/M6 Films/Grive Productions/Canal+ TPS Star/M6, 2008.

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Leo Tolstoy

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Change starts at home Self-improvement Personal growth Change Progress

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Leo Tolstoy

Source

Three Methods of Reform

Medium

Essay

Language

Russian

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

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Tolstoy, Leo. "Three Methods of Reform." Pamphlets: Translated from the Russian. Free Age Press, 1900.

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Ah, why
Should life all labor be?

Alfred Tennyson

Poems

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Work-life balance Work Purpose of life

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Alfred Tennyson

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The Lotos-Eaters Poems

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Poem

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "The Lotos-Eaters." Poems. London: Edward Moxon, 1832.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "The Lotos-Eaters." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Long pauses are good, they add solemnity to great occasions.

The King's Speech

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Rhetoric

Speaker

Lionel Logue

Actor

Geoffrey Rush

Source

The King's Speech

Medium

Film

Genre

Historical drama (film) Drama (film) Historical drama Drama

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

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The King's Speech. Directed by Tom Hooper, UK Film Council/Momentum Pictures/Aegis Film Fund Molinare, London/FilmNation Entertainment/See-Saw Films/Bedlam Productions, 2010.

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Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Oscar Wilde

Fortnightly Review

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Nature of democracy Democracy

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Oscar Wilde

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The Soul of Man Under Socialism Fortnightly Review

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Essay Magazine

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." Fortnightly Review. London: Chapman and Hall, Feb. 1891.

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Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose, edited by Linda Dowling. Penguin Classics, 2001.

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Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Money and friendship Friendship Borrowing Lending

Speaker

Lord Polonius

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 3.

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

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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Thomas Edison

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Hard work Genius

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Thomas Edison

Source

Harper's Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

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Edison, Thomas. Quoted in "Edison in His Laboratory" by Martin André Rosanoff. Harper's Monthly, Sept. 1932.

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They always say that, and what does it matter? A village betrays us, a village is burned. The point's made.

Doctor Zhivago

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Revolutionary politics Russian revolution

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Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago

Actor

Omar Sharif

Source

Doctor Zhivago

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Romantic drama (film) Epic Romantic drama

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

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Doctor Zhivago. Directed by David Lean, Carlo Ponti Productions/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965.

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I just want to lie on the beach and eat hot dogs. That’s all I’ve ever wanted.

Kevin Malone

The Office

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The beach Taking it easy

Speaker

Kevin Malone

Actor

Brian Baumgartner

Source

The Office

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

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"Beach Games." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and Jennifer Celotta and Ricky Gervais, directed by Harold Ramis, season 3, episode 22, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2007.

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Vain the ambition of kings
Who seek by trophies and death things
To leave a living name behind,
And weave but nets to catch the wind.

John Webster

The Devil's Law Case

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Worldly glory

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Leonora

Author

John Webster

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The Devil's Law Case

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Tragedy (play) Comedy (play) Tragedy Comedy

Language

English

Time

1619 1610s 17th century

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Webster, John. The Devil's Law Case. Performed by Richard Perkins. Queen Anne's Men, c. 1619, Phoenix Theatre, London, England, UK, act 5, sc. 4.

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Webster, John. "The Devil's Law Case." The Works of John Webster: The Devil's Law-Case; A Cure for a Cuckold; Appius and Virginia, edited by David Gunby and David Carnegie and MacDonald P. Jackson. Vol. 2, Cambridge University Press, 2007, act 5, sc. 4.

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He who commands the sea has command of everything.

Themistocles

Quoted in Letters to Atticus, by Cicero

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Naval power Ocean and sea

Speaker

Themistocles

Author

Cicero

Source

Letters to Atticus

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

462 BC 460s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Themistocles. Quoted in Epistulae ad Atticum [Letters to Atticus], by Marcus Tullius Cicero. 1 century BC, bk. 10, no. 8.

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Themistocles. Quoted in Cicero: Letters to Atticus, by Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated by D. R. Shackleton Bailey. Vol. 2, Harvard, University Press, 1999, bk. 10, no. 8.

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It is to be hoped that the normal balance of executive and legislative authority may be wholly equal, wholly adequate to meet the unprecedented task before us. But it may be that an unprecedented demand and need for undelayed action may call for temporary departure from that normal balance of public procedure.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Separation of powers American politics

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1933, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. "First Inaugral Address: Washington, DC, March 4, 1933." Great Speeches, edited by John Grafton. Dover, 1999.

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History is not, as it were, a person apart, using man as a means to achieve its own aims; history is nothing but the activity of man pursuing his aims.

Karl Marx

The Holy Family

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Karl Marx

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The Holy Family

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Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

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Marx, Karl. Die heilige Familie [The Holy Family]. Frankfurt: J. Ru˜tten, 1845.

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Marx, Karl. "The Holy Family." Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Vol. 4, International Publishers, 1975.

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One should eat to live, and not live to eat.

Molière

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Gluttony Food

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Valere

Author

Molière

Source

Thie Miser

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

French

Time

1669 1660s 17th century

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Moliere. L'Avare [The Miser]. 9 Sept. 1668, Theatre of the Palais-Royal, Paris, act 3, sc. 5.

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Moliere. "The Miser." The Miser and Other Plays, translated by David Coward and John Wood. Penguin Classics, 2000, act 3, sc. 5.

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Silence is the virtue of a fool.

Francis Bacon

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Silence Fools

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Francis Bacon

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The Advancement of Learning

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Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 6, ch. 3, no. 31.

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Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 6, ch. 3, no. 31.

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