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WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four

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Propaganda Dystopian future

Author

George Orwell

Source

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

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Orwell, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Secker & Warburg, 1949, pt. 1, ch. 1.

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

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Single men Men and women

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Jane Austen

Source

Pride and Prejudice

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Opening lines

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 1, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 1.

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 1.

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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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The masses The human condition

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Henry David Thoreau

Source

Economy Walden

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Economy." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

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Our life is frittered away by detail…. Simplify, simplify.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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Simple living Living well Life

Author

Henry David Thoreau

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Where I Lived, And What I Lived For Walden

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Where I Lived, And What I Lived For." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

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May the Force be with you.

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

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The Force

Speaker

Jan Dodonna

Actor

Alex McCrindle

Source

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Science fiction (film) Epic Science fiction

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. Directed by George Lucas, Lucasfilm Ltd., 1977.

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Curiosity...is a Lust of the mind.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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Curiosity

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Thomas Hobbes

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Leviathan

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Political literature Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Definition

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English

Time

1651 1650s 17th century

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Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 1, ch. 6.

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Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 1, ch. 6.

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Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Aristotle

The Nicomachean Ethics

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Value of friendship Friends Friendship

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Aristotle

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The Nicomachean Ethics

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Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Aristotle. Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics]. c. 322 BC.

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Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing, 2019, bk. 8.

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Okay. You wanna play rough? Okay. Say hello to my little friend!

Tony Montana

Scarface

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Guns

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Tony Montana

Actor

Al Pacino

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Scarface

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Drama (film) Crime Drama

Statement Type

Threat

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma, Universal Pictures, 1983.

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Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

Rick Blaine

Casablanca

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Friendship

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Rick Blaine

Actor

Humphrey Bogart

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Casablanca

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic drama (film) Romantic drama

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

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Casablanca. Directed by Michael Curtiz, Warner Bros. Pictures, 1942.

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We learn an art or craft by doing the things that we shall have to do when we have learnt it.

Aristotle

The Nicomachean Ethics

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Practice Learning Self-improvement

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Aristotle

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The Nicomachean Ethics

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Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

322 BC 320s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Aristotle. Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics]. c. 322 BC.

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Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing, 2019, bk. 2.

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Therefore it is necessary to arrive at a prime mover, put in motion by no other; and this everyone understands to be God.

St. Thomas Aquinas

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Origin of the universe God Creation

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St. Thomas Aquinas

Source

Summa Theologica

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Latin

Time

1265 1260s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Saint Thomas Aquinus. Summa Theologica. c. 1274, pt. 1.

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Saint Thomas Aquinus. The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Provinc. Christian Classics, 1981, pt. 1.

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Behold! human beings living in an underground den... Like ourselves... They see only their own shadows, or the shadows of one another, which the fire throws on the opposite wall of the cave.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Ignorance Education

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Socrates

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Plato

Source

Republic

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Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

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Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.

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You come at the king, you best not miss.

Omar Little

The Wire

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Omar Little

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Michael Kenneth Williams

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The Wire

Medium

TV program

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Crime (TV) Drama (TV) Crime Drama

Statement Type

Warning

Language

English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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"Lessons." The Wire, written by David Simon and Ed Burns, directed by Gloria Muzio, season 1, episode 8, Blown Deadline Productions and Home Box Office, 2002.

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Truth is the most valuable thing we have. Let us economize it.

Mark Twain

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

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Truth

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Mark Twain

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Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

Genre

Travel writing

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

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Twain, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1897, ch. 7.

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Twain, Mark. "Following the Equator." Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels, edited by Roy Blount Jr. Library of America, 2010, ch. 7.

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How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
A complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Bob Dylan

Like a Rolling Stone

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Alienation Lack of direction

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Bob Dylan

Source

Like a Rolling Stone Highway 61 Revisited

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk music Folk rock

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

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Dylan, Bob. "Like a Rolling Stone." Highway 61 Revisited. Columbia Records, 1965.

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A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Bill of Rights

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Second Amendment Gun rights

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Bill of Rights Constitution of the United States

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Political literature

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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United States Constitution. Amend. 2.

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The Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence. Written by Delegates of The Constitutional Convention. Racehorse, 2016, amend. 2.

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East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.

Rudyard Kipling

The Ballad of East and West

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East vs. West Clash of civilizations Globalization

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Rudyard Kipling

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The Ballad of East and West

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1889 1880s 19th century

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Kipling, Rudyard. "The Ballad of East and West." Pioneer, 2 Dec. 1889.

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Kipling, Rudyard. "The Ballad of East and West." The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling. Wordsworth Editions, 1999.

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The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.

William Blake

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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Learning from mistakes Mistakes Excess Wisdom

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William Blake

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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Medium

Poem

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Paradox

Language

English

Time

1793 1790s 18th century

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Blake, William. "The Argument." The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. c. 1790.

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Blake, William. "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman. University of California Press, 2008.

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What is originality? To see something that has no name as yet and hence cannot be mentioned although it stares us all in the face.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Gay Science

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Originality Perception Observation Vision

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Source

The Gay Science

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

German

Time

1882 1880s 19th century

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die frohliche Wissenschaft [The Gay Science]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1882, bk. 3, no. 261.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Joyous Science, translated by R. Kevin Hill. Penguin Classics, 2019, bk. 3, no. 261.

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Show me the money!

Jerry Maguire

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Asking for a raise Money

Speaker

Rod Tidwell

Actor

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Source

Jerry Maguire

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Comedy drama (film) Romantic comedy Comedy drama

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

1996 1990s 20th century

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Jerry Maguire. Directed by Cameron Crowe, TriStar Pictures/Gracie Films/Vinyl Films, 1996.

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