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What is Love?... It is the morning and the evening star.

Sinclair Lewis

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Nature of love Love

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

Elmer Gantry

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1927 1920s 20th century

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Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. Harcourt Trade Publishers, 1927, ch. 20.

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Lewis, Sinclair. Elmer Gantry. Signet, 2007, ch. 20.

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A place for everything and everything in its place.

Isabella Mary Beeton

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Interior design

Author

Isabella Mary Beeton

Source

The Book of Household Management

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English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

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Beeton, Isabella. The Book of Household Management. S. O. Beeton Publishing, 1861, ch. 2.

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Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

C.S. Lewis

The Screwtape Letters

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Courage Virtues

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C.S. Lewis

Source

The Screwtape Letters

Medium

Novel

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

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Lewis, C.S. The Screwtape Letters. Geoffrey Bles, 1942, ch. 29.

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All inequality that has no special utility to justify it is injustice.

Jeremy Bentham

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Moral theory Economic inequality Inequality

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Jeremy Bentham

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English

Time

1795 1790s 18th century

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Bentham, Jeremy. Supply Without Burthen; or Escheat Vice Taxation. London: J. Debrett, 1795.

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Bentham, Jeremy. "Supply Without Burthen; or Escheat Vice Taxation." Jeremy Bentham's Economic Writings, edited by Werner Stark. Vol. 1, Routledge, 2003.

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When the working day is done
Oh girls, they wanna have fun
Oh, girls just wanna have fun

Cyndi Lauper

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Girls Just Want to Have Fun

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Women

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Cyndi Lauper

Source

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Medium

Song

Genre

Pop music

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

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Hazard, Robert. "Girls Just Want to Have Fun." Performed by Cyndi Lauper. She's So Unusual. Portrait Records, 1983.

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I am the Love that dare not speak its name.

Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas

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Being gay Homosexuality

Author

Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas

Source

Two Loves

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

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Douglas, Alfred Bruce. "Two Loves." The Chameleon, Dec. 1894.

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Douglas, Alfred Bruce. "Two Loves." Two Loves and Other Poems. Bennett & Kitchel, 1990.

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Haste maketh waste.

John Heywood

Proverbs (Heywood)

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Haste

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John Heywood

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Proverbs (Heywood)

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Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

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English

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

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Heywood, John. The Proverbs of John Heywood. London: George Bell and Sons, 1874, pt. 1, ch. 2.

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Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?

William Wordsworth

Lines Written in Early Spring

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Man's cruelty to man

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William Wordsworth

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Lines Written in Early Spring

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Poem

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Lament

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English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

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Wordsworth, William. "Lines written in early spring." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. and A. Arch, 1798, st. 6.

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Wordsworth, William. "Lines written in Early Spring." William Wordsworth: The Major Works: including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008, st. 6.

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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.

Voltaire

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Enemies

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Voltaire

Medium

Letter

Language

French

Time

1767 1760s 18th century

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Voltaire. Letter to Etienne Noel Damilaville. 16 May 1767.

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Rome was not built in one day.

John Heywood

Proverbs (Heywood)

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Accomplishing a task

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John Heywood

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Proverbs (Heywood)

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Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

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Heywood, John. The Proverbs of John Heywood. London: George Bell and Sons, 1874, pt. 1, ch. 11.

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Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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Great man theory of history Political theory Politics

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Henry Adams

Source

The Education of Henry Adams

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

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English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

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Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 28.

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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. 28.

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It is emphatically the province and duty of the Judicial Department to say what the law is... If two laws conflict with each other, the Courts must decide on the operation of each... This is of the very essence of judicial duty.

John Marshall

Marbury v. Madison

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Judicial supremacy Separation of powers Constitutional theory Legal theory

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John Marshall

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Marbury v. Madison

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Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

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Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

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Marshall, John. United States, Supreme Court. Marbury v. Madison. United States Reports, vol. 5, 24 Feb. 1803, pp. 137-180. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/5/137/.

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What's not forbidden to do make bold.

Friedrich Schiller

The Camp of Wallenstein

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Moral theory

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First Yager

Author

Friedrich Schiller

Source

The Camp of Wallenstein

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

German

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

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Schiller, Friedrich. Wallensteins Lager [Wallenstein's Camp]. 12 Oct. 1798, Weimarer Hoftheatre, Weimar, Germany, sc. 6.

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Schiller, Friedrich. "Wallenstein's Camp." The Robbers and Wallenstein, translated by F. J. Lamport. Penguin Classics, 1980, sc. 6.

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When the Sunne shineth make hay.

John Heywood

Proverbs (Heywood)

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Opportune time Opportunities

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John Heywood

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Proverbs (Heywood)

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Advice

Language

English

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

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Heywood, John. The Proverbs of John Heywood. London: George Bell and Sons, 1874, pt. 1, ch. 3.

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He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sunrise.

William Blake

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Letting go

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William Blake

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Poem

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Paradox

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English

Time

1792 1790s 18th century

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Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1792.

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

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Claret is the liquor for the boys; port, for men; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.

Samuel Johnson

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Alcohol Drinking

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Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1779 1770s 18th century

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 7 Apr. 1779.

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

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If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Enemies Empathy

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Table-Talk (Longfellow) Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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English

Time

1857 1850s 19th century

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Table-Talk." Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Vol. 1. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857.

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Table-Talk." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000.

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Read my lips: no new taxes.

George H.W. Bush

1988 Republican convention speech

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Taxes Campaign promises American politics

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George H.W. Bush

Source

1988 Republican convention speech Presidential convention speeches

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Promises and vows

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Bush, George H. W. Accepting the presidential nomination. Republican National Convention. 18 Aug. 1988, Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, LA, USA.

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Are you there God? It's me, Margaret. I just told my mother I want a bra. Please help me grow God. You know where.

Judy Blume

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

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Growing up Adolescence

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Margaret Simon

Author

Judy Blume

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

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Question Prayer

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Blume, Judy. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Bradbury Press, 1970, ch. 5.

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Looke ere ye leape.

John Heywood

Proverbs (Heywood)

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Caution Prudence

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John Heywood

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Proverbs (Heywood)

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Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Advice

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English

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

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Heywood, John. The Proverbs of John Heywood. London: George Bell and Sons, 1874, pt. 1, ch. 2.

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