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And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Apostle Paul

Philippians 4:7

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Inner peace

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

Philippians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Philippians 4:7).

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If you inquire what the people are like here, I must answer, "The same as everywhere!"

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther

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Nature of man

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Medium

Novel

Genre

Epistolary novel

Language

German

Time

1774 1770s 18th century

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Die Leiden des jungen Werthers [The Sorrows of Young Werther]. Leipzig: Weygand'sche Buchhandlung, 1774.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "The Sorrows of Young Werther." The Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writings, translated by Catherin Hutter. Signet, 2013.

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Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Jesus

Matthew 5:10

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Religious persecution Beatitudes Sermon on the Mount

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Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

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The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Matthew 5:10).

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Behind every beautiful thing, there's been some kind of pain.

Bob Dylan

Not Dark Yet

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Yin and yang

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Bob Dylan

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Not Dark Yet Time Out of Mind

Medium

Song

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Dylan, Bob. "Not Dark Yet." Time Out of Mind. Columbia Records, 1997.

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The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

Ernest Hemingway

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Suffering The human condition

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Ernest Hemingway

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A Farewell to Arms

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Novel

Genre

War novel

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

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Hemingway, Ernest. "A Farewell to Arms." Scribner's Magazine, May 1929 - Oct. 1929, bk. 4, ch. 34.

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Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. Scribners, 1995, bk. 4, ch. 34.

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Our chief want in life is, somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Considerations by the Way

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Reaching one's potential

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Considerations by the Way The Conduct of Life

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Considerations by the Way." The Conduct of Life. Boston: Ticknor & Fields/London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1860.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Considerations by the Way." The Conduct of Life, edited by Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, and Douglas Emory Wilson. Vol. 6, Belknap Press, 2004.

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You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes
You just might find
You get what you need.

The Rolling Stones

You Can't Always Get What You Want

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Getting what you want Human needs

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The Rolling Stones

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You Can't Always Get What You Want Let It Bleed

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Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Jagger, Mick and Keith Richards. "You Can't Always Get What You Want." Performed by The Rolling Stones. Let It Bleed. Decca Records, 1969.

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Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?

Lord Byron

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

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Personal liberation Liberation Freedom

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Lord Byron

Source

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

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Poem

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

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Lord Byron. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. London: John Murray, 1812-1818, canto 2, st. 76.

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Lord Byron. "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 2, st. 76.

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Can I see another's woe,
And not be in sorrows too?
Can I see another's grief,
And not seek for kind relief?

William Blake

Songs of Innocence

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Empathy Helping others

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William Blake

Source

Songs of Innocence

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

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Blake, William. "On Another's Sorrow." Songs of Innocence. London, 1789.

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Blake, William. "On Anothers Sorrow." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

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If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

Abraham Lincoln

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Government Human nature Political theory Politics

Author

Abraham Lincoln

Source

Journals of Abraham Lincoln

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragment: On Government." 1 July 1854?

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragment on Government, 1854?" Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Don't gain the world and lose your soul,
Wisdom is better than silver and gold.

Bob Marley

Zion Train

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Wisdom Love of money

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Bob Marley

Source

Zion Train Uprising

Medium

Song

Genre

Reggae music

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Marley, Bob. "Zion Train." Performed by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Uprising. Tuff Gong/Island Records, 1980.

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This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons hitherto brought forward in explanation of this fact has seemed adequate.

Simone de Beauvoir

The Second Sex

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Patriarchy

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Simone de Beauvoir

Source

The Second Sex

Genre

Historical literature Feminist literature

Language

French

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

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De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Deuxième Sexe [The Second Sex]. Vol. 1, Gallimard, 1949.

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De Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex, translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier. Vintage, 2011.

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I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
I was angry with my foe;
I told it not, my wrath did grow.

William Blake

Songs of Experience

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Dealing with anger Anger

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William Blake

Source

Songs of Experience

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1794 1790s 18th century

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Blake, William. "A Poison Tree." Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. London, 1794.

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Blake, William. "A Poison Tree." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

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Doubt grows with knowledge.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Doubt and skepticism

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Paradox

Language

German

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Individual Points." Ueber Kunst und Altersthum [On Art and Antiquity]. 1826, vol. 5, issue 3.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, edited by Peter Hutchinson, translated by Elisabeth Stopp. Penguin Classics, 1999, no. 281.

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If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic.

Lewis Carroll

Through the Looking-Glass

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Logic

Author

Lewis Carroll

Source

Through the Looking-Glass

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Novel

Language

English

Time

1871 1870s 19th century

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Carroll, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan, 1871, ch. 4.

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Carroll, Lewis. "Through the Looking-Glass." Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass. Macmillan Collector's Library, 2016, ch. 4.

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The end of law is not to abolish or restrain but to preserve and enlarge freedom.

John Locke

Second Treatise of Civil Government

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Purpose of law

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John Locke

Source

Second Treatise of Civil Government

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1690 1690s 17th century

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Locke, John, [published anonymously]. "Second Treatise of Government." Two Treatises of Government. London: Awnsham Churchill, 1690, ch. 6, sect. 57.

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Locke, John. "The Second Treatise of Government." The Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration. Oxford University Press, 2016, ch. 6, sect. 57.

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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Thomas Paine

Common Sense

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Anti-monarchism Political theory

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Thomas Paine

Source

Common Sense

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

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Paine, Thomas [published anonymously]. Common Sense. Philadelphia: R. Bell, sect. 4.

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Paine, Thomas. "Common Sense." Rights of Man, Common Sense, and Other Political Writings, edited by Mark Philp. Oxford University Press, 2009, sect. 4.

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I don't ask you to love me always like this, but I ask you to remember. Somewhere inside me there'll always be the person I am to-night.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tender is the Night

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Being in love

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Nicole Diver

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

Tender is the Night

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "Tender is the Night." Scribner's Magazine, Jan. 1934 - Apr. 1934.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender is the Night. Scribners, 1995, ch. 18.

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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Oscar Wilde

Lady Windermere's Fan

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Stars The human condition

Speaker

Lord Darlington

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

Lady Windermere's Fan

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedic play

Language

English

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

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Wilde, Oscar. Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman. 1892, St James's Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3.

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Wilde, Oscar. "Lady Windermere's Fan." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 3.

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The guests are met, the feast is set:
May'st hear the merry din?

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 1.

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 1.

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