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Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control,
These three alone lead life to sovereign power.

Alfred Tennyson

Poems

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Topic

Self-esteem Self-knowledge Self-control

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

Oenone Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Oenone." Poems. London: Edward Moxon, 1832, st. 14.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Oenone." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, st. 14.

I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two thirds of the people of the earth might be killed, but enough men capable of thinking, and enough books, would be left to start again, and civilization could be restored.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Nuclear holocaust Nuclear war Nuclear weapons Civilization

Speaker

Albert Einstein

Source

Einstein on the Atomic Bomb Atlantic Monthly

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Einstein, Albert. "Einstein on the Atomic Bomb." Interviewed by Raymond Swing. Atlantic Monthly, Nov. 1945.

Current Citation

Einstein, Albert. Einstein on Politics: His Private Thoughts and Public Stands on Nationalism, Zionism, War, Peace, and the Bomb. Princeton University Press, 2013, ch. 8.

This country believes in prosperity. It is absurd to suppose that it is envious of those who are already prosperous. The wise and correct course to follow in taxation and all other economic legislation is not to destroy those who have already secured success but to create conditions under which every one will have a better chance to be successful.

Calvin Coolidge

Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge

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Economic opportunity Class warfare

Speaker

Calvin Coolidge

Source

Inaugural Address of Calvin Coolidge Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Coolidge, Calvin. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1925, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. As we were. As we are no longer. As we will one day not be at all.

Joan Didion

The Year of Magical Thinking

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Topic

Mortality Loss The human condition

Author

Joan Didion

Source

The Year of Magical Thinking

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Didion, Joan. The Year of Magical Thinking. Alfred A. Knopf, 2005, ch. 17.

I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards any one.

Edith Cavell

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Topic

Patriotism Citizens of the world Interconnectedness of all people

Speaker

Edith Cavell

Source

LAST WORDS

Statement Type

Last words

Language

English

Time

1915 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Cavell, Edith. Final words. 12 Oct. 1915, National Shooting Range, Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium.

The thirteenth amendment secured them freedom; the fourteenth amendment due process of law, protection of property, and the pursuit of happiness; and the fifteenth amendment attempted to secure the negro against any deprivation of the privilege to vote because he was a negro. The thirteenth and fourteenth amendments have been generally enforced and have secured the objects for which they are intended. While the fifteenth amendment has not been generally observed in the past, it ought to be observed.

William Howard Taft

Inaugural Address of William Howard Taft

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Topic

Bill of Rights Civil rights American politics

Speaker

William Howard Taft

Source

Inaugural Address of William Howard Taft Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1909 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Taft, William Howard. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1909, Senate Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

If the day ever came when we were able to accept ourselves and our children exactly as we and they are, then, I believe, we would have come very close to an ultimate understanding of what "good" parenting means. It's part of being human to fall short of that total acceptance—and often far short. But one of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Self-acceptance Accepting others Acceptance Parenting

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 56.

I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to go on.

Jean Kerr

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Topic

Fear of flying Airplanes Air travel

Author

Jean Kerr

Source

The Snake Has All the Lines

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kerr, Jean. The Snake Has All the Lines. Doubleday, 1960.

For the creation of a master-work of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.

Matthew Arnold

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Topic

Literature

Author

Matthew Arnold

Language

English

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time." Essays in Criticism: First Series. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1865.

Current Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time." Culture and Anarchy and Other Selected Prose. Penguin Classics, 2015.

A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.

Edmond Rostand

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Topic

Noses Body parts

Author

Edmond Rostand

Source

Cyrano de Bergerac

Medium

Play

Language

French

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Rostand, Edmond. Cyrano de Bergerac. 27 Dec. 1897, Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Paris, France, act 1, sc. 4.

Current Citation

Rostand, Edmond. Cyrano de Bergerac, translated by Lowell Bair. Signet, 2012, act 1, sc. 4.

Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic

Women Men and women

Speaker

Undershaft

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Major Barbara

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play)

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. Major Barbara. 28 Nov. 1905, Court Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3.

Current Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. Major Barbara. Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Oxford University Press, 2021, act 3.

The critical period in matrimony is breakfast-time.

A.P. Herbert

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Topic

Marriage

Author

A.P. Herbert

Source

Marrowfat v. Marrowfat: Is Marriage Lawful? Punch

Medium

Essay

Genre

Satire

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Herbert, A. P. "Marrowfat v. Marrowfat." Punch, 13 July 1927.

No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.

Frank Lloyd Wright

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Topic

Architecture

Author

Frank Lloyd Wright

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wright, Frank Lloyd. An Autobiography. Longmans, Green and Co., 1932.

One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.

Milton Friedman

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Topic

Good intentions Public policy Politics

Speaker

Milton Friedman

Medium

Interview TV program

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Friedman, Milton. "Living Within Our Means." Interviewed by Richard D. Heffner. The Open Mind, WPIX, Channel 11, 7 Dec. 1975.

Work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as sacred idleness.

George MacDonald

Wilfrid Cumbermede

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Topic

Work Idleness Leisure

Author

George MacDonald

Source

Wilfrid Cumbermede

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1872 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

MacDonald, George. Wilfred Cumbermede. New York: Charles Scribner & Co., 1872.

The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known. For a man by nothing is so well exposed, as by his manners.

Edmund Spenser

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Topic

Gentleness Manners

Author

Edmund Spenser

Source

The Faerie Queene

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

English

Time

1596 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

Spenser, Edmund. The Faerie Queene. London: William Ponsonbie, 1596, bk. 6, canto 3.

Current Citation

Spenser, Edmund. The Faerie Queene, Book Six and the Mutabilitie Cantos, edited by Andrew Hadfield and Abraham Stoll. Hackett Publishing Company, 2007, bk. 6, canto 3.

The nice guys are all over there, in seventh place.

Leo Durocher

Remark about the New York Giants baseball team, then in second-to-last place in the League.

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Topic

Competition Nice guys finish last

Speaker

Leo Durocher

Source

The New York Journal-American

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Durocher, Leo. Quoted in New York Journal-American. 7 July 1946. Originally a remark about the New York Giants baseball team, 6 July 1946.

Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you."

Erich Fromm

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

Erich Fromm

Source

The Art of Loving

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fromm, Erich. The Art of Loving. Harper & Brothers, 1956, ch. 2.

It's worth remembering this: freedom of expression sustains all the other freedoms we enjoy.

Ian McEwan

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Topic

Freedom of speech and expression Political theory Politics Freedom

Speaker

Ian McEwan

Source

2015 Dickson College commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Language

English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

McEwan, Ian. Commencement address. Commencement ceremony. 17 May 2015, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, USA.