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A boy's best friend is his mother.

Norman Bates

Psycho

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Topic

Mothers and sons Oedipus complex Mothers

Speaker

Norman Bates

Actor

Anthony Perkins

Source

Psycho

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological thriller (film) Horror (film) Psychological horror Horror

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Psycho. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Shamley Productions, 1960.

God be merciful to me a sinner.

Luke 18:13

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Topic

God's mercy Repentance Forgiveness

Source

Gospel of Luke The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 18:13).

Bygone images, and scenes of early life, have stolen into my mind, like breezes blown from the spice-islands of Youth and Hope-those twin realities of this phantom world!

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Topic

Memories Nostalgia

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

Table Talk

Language

English

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "10 July 1834." Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. London: John Murray, 1835.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge (2nd ed 1836)." The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, vol. 14: Table Talk, edited by Kathleen Coburn and Bart Winer. Princeton University Press, 2019.

To please women you either have to be carefree and play the fool or else be tragic and passionate. When you say to them quite simply that you love them, women laugh at you.

Gustave Flaubert

Sentimental Education

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Topic

Men and women

Speaker

Frederic Moreau

Author

Gustave Flaubert

Source

Sentimental Education

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. L'Education sentimentale [Sentimental Education]. Paris: Michel Levy, 1869, pt. 3, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. Sentimental Education, translated by Patrick Coleman and Helen Constantine. Oxford University Press, 2016, pt. 3, ch. 3.

The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.

Richard Wagner

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Topic

Human voice Singing Music

Author

Richard Wagner

Source

Opera and Drama

Medium

Essay

Language

German

Time

1851 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Wagner, Richard. Oper und Drama [Opera and Drama]. Leipzig: J. J. Weber, 1852.

Current Citation

Wagner, Richard. Opera and Drama, translated by William Ashton Ellis. University of Nebraska Press, 1995.

It is a source of gratification and of encouragement to me to observe that the great result of this experiment upon the theory of human rights has at the close of that generation by which it was formed been crowned with success equal to the most sanguine expectations of its founders.

John Quincy Adams

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams

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Topic

American experiment American democracy

Speaker

John Quincy Adams

Source

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1825 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Adams, John Quincy. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1825, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

And those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.

Alcuin of York

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Topic

The mob The masses Political theory Politics

Author

Alcuin of York

Source

Letters of Alcuin

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

800 800s 9th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Alcuin. Letter to Charlemagne. c. 850.

With the present system of education for girls any genius who happens to be born a woman can make no contribution to public happiness.

Stendhal

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Topic

Education of girls Oppression of women Human capital

Author

Stendhal

Source

On Love

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1822 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Stendhal. De L'Amour [On Love]. Paris: Pierre Mongie, 1822, ch. 56.

Current Citation

Stendhal. Love, translated by Gilbert Sale and Suzanne Sale. Penguin Classics, 1975, ch. 56.

God has placed upon our head a diadem and has laid at our feet power and wealth beyond definition or calculation. But we must not forget that we take these gifts upon the condition that justice and mercy shall hold the reins of power and that the upward avenues of hope shall be free to all the people.

Benjamin Harrison

Inaugural Address of Benjamin Harrison

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Topic

God and America American prosperity Social mobility Equality of opportunity

Speaker

Benjamin Harrison

Source

Inaugural Address of Benjamin Harrison Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1889 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Harrison, Benjamin. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1889, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We are approaching the limits of what government alone can do. Our greatest need now is to reach beyond government, and to enlist the legions of the concerned and the committed. What has to be done, has to be done by government and people together or it will not be done at all.

Richard Nixon

First Inaugural Address of Richard Nixon

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Topic

Political theory American politics

Speaker

Richard Nixon

Source

First Inaugural Address of Richard Nixon Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nixon, Richard. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1969, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Today I climbed the highest mountain in this region, which is not improperly called Ventosus (Windy). The only motive for my ascent was the wish to see what so great a height had to offer.

Petrarch

On Mont Ventoux in Provence, France.

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Topic

Climbing mountains Mountains Curiosity

Author

Petrarch

Source

Letters on Familiar Matters

Medium

Letter

Language

Latin

Time

1336 1330s 14th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Petrarch. Letter to Dionigi da Borgo San Sepolcro. c. 1336.

Current Citation

Petrarch. "To Dionigi da Borgo San Sepolcro of the Augustinian Order and Professor of Sacred Scripture, concerning some of his personal problems." Letters of Familiar Matters (Rerum Familiarum Libri), translated by Aldo Bernardo. Vol. 1, Italica Press, 2008.

You're like an injured young fawn who's been nursed back to health and is finally going to be rereleased into the wilderness.

Old School

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Topic

Getting back out there

Speaker

Beanie

Actor

Vince Vaughn

Source

Old School

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Old School. Directed by Todd Phillips, The Montecito Picture Company, 2003.

The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs.

Alphonse Toussenel

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Topic

Man and animals Nature of men Misanthropy

Author

Alphonse Toussenel

Language

French

Time

1847 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

De Toussenel, Alphonse. L'Esprit des betes. Paris: Librairie societaire, 1847.

Life is a great surprise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.

Vladimir Nabokov

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Topic

Mystery of death Life and death Death

Speaker

John Shade

Author

Vladimir Nabokov

Source

Pale Fire

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nabokov, Vladimir. Pale Fire. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1962.

The world has joked incessantly for over fifty centuries.
And every joke that's possible has long ago been made.

W.S. Gilbert

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Topic

Jokes Plus ça change

Author

W.S. Gilbert

Source

His Excellency

Medium

Opera

Genre

Comedy

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Gilbert, William Schwenck. His Excellency. Composed by F. Osmond Carr. 1894, Lyric Theatre, London, England, UK.

The demon is a liar. He will like to confuse us. But he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us.

The Exorcist

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Topic

Demons

Speaker

Father Merrin

Actor

Max von Sydow

Source

The Exorcist

Medium

Film

Genre

Horror (film) Horror

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Exorcist. Directed by William Friedkin, Hoya Productions, 1973.

Third parties are like bees. Once they have stung, they die.

Richard Hofstadter

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Topic

Political theory American politics

Author

Richard Hofstadter

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hofstadter, Richard. The Age of Reform: from Bryan to FDR. Alfred A. Knopf, 1955, pt. 3.

It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.

Harry Truman

Quoted in Observer

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Topic

Misfortunes of others

Speaker

Harry Truman

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Truman, Harry S. Quoted in The Observer. 13 Apr. 1958.

God is dead! Heaven is empty-Weep, children,
You no longer have a father.

Gerard de Nerval

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Topic

Decline of religion

Author

Gerard de Nerval

Source

Le Christ aux Oliviers Les Chimeres

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

De Nerval, Gerard. "Le Christ aux Oliviers." L'Artiste, 31 Mar. 1844.

Current Citation

De Nerval, Gerard. "Le Christ aux Oliviers." De Nerval: Selected Writings, translated by Richard Sieburth. Penguin Classics, 1999.

I look at them as a child looks at a cake,-with glittering eyes and watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him!

Elizabeth Gaskell

On the books she was planning to read.

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Topic

Books

Author

Elizabeth Gaskell

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Gaskell, Elizabeth. Letter to George Smith. 4 Aug. 1859.

Current Citation

Gaskell, Elizabeth. The Letters of Mrs. Gaskell. Mandolin, 1997.