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Now every tradition grows continually more venerable, the farther off lies its origin, the more this is lost sight of; the veneration paid it accumulates from generation to generation, the tradition at last becomes holy and excites awe.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Human, All Too Human

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Tradition

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche

Source

Human, All Too Human

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1878 1870s 19th century

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Menschliches, Allzumenschliches: Ein Buch für freie Geister [Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeizner, 1878, second division, no. 96.

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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits, translated by Marion Faber and Stephen Lehmann. University of Nebraska Press, 1984, second division, no. 96.

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Stay hungry, stay foolish.

Steve Jobs

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Following your heart Curiosity Exploration

Speaker

Steve Jobs

Source

2005 Stanford commencement address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Commencement address

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

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Brand, Stewart. "Whole Earth Epilog." Whole Earth Catalog, Oct. 1974.

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There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Limits of knowledge Knowledge

Speaker

Hamlet

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 5.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 5.

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All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away.

1st Peter 1:24

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Sic transit gloria mundi Ephemeral nature of life Grass Life

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1st Peter The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Greek

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 1:24).

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So you’re telling me there’s a chance!

Lloyd Christmas

Dumb and Dumber

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Optimism

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Lloyd Christmas

Actor

Jim Carrey

Source

Dumb and Dumber

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Dumb and Dumber. Directed by Peter Farrelly, Katja Motion Picture Corporation/Krevoy/Stabler/Wessler Production, 1994.

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He who doesn't see his lover's faults as virtues is not in love.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Being in love

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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German

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Spruche in Prosa Maximen und Reflexionen [Sayings in Prose, Maxims and Reflections]. c. 1840, no. 843.

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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005, no. 843.

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Would I rather be feared or loved? Um, easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.

Michael Scott

The Office

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Love and fear Leadership

Speaker

Michael Scott

Actor

Steve Carell

Source

The Office

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

2005 2000s 21st century

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"The Fight." The Office, written by Greg Daniels and Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, directed by Ken Kwapis, season 2, episode 6, Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, 2005.

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Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them.

Abraham Lincoln

First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln

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Political division

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Abraham Lincoln

Source

First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln Presidential inaugural address

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

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Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1861, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugral Address, March 4, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.

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A man's got to know his limitations.

Magnum Force

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Self-knowledge Human limitations

Speaker

Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan

Actor

Clint Eastwood

Source

Magnum Force

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Crime

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Magnum Force. Directed by Ted Post. The Malpaso Company, 1973.

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To love another person is to see the face of God.

Les Miserables

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Loving others Love

Speaker

Jean Valjean

Actor

Hugh Jackman

Source

Epilogue Les Miserables

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Musical (film) Epic (film) Musical Epic

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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"Epilogue." Les Misérables. Directed by Tom Hooper, performed by Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, et al., Cameron Mackintosh Ltd/Working Title Films, 2012.

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It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.

Jesus

Mark 2:17

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Repentance Sinners

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Mark The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Mark 2:17).

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For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Jesus

Matthew 16:25

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Martyrdom Salvation

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Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 16:25).

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When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Wasting time Disappointment Memories

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Sonnet 30 Shakespeare's Sonnets

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Language

English

Time

1609 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 30, I. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 30.

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It is cocaine...a seven-per-cent solution. Would you care to try it?

Arthur Conan Doyle

The Sign of Four

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Cocaine Drugs

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Sherlock Holmes

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source

The Sign of Four

Medium

Novel Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

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Doyle, Arthur. "The Sign of the Four; or, The Problem of the Sholtos." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. London: Lippincott's, 1890, ch. 1.

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Doyle, Arthur. The Sign of Four. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2009, ch. 1.

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Be still, and know that I am God.

Psalm 46:10

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Stillness Meditation God

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Psalms The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 46:10).

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I must be cruel only to be kind.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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End justifies the means Justifications and rationales Cruelty Kindness

Speaker

Hamlet

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 3, sc. 4.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 4.

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Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Montaigne; or, the Skeptic

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Equanimity

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Montaigne; or, the Skeptic

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Montaigne; or, the Skeptic." Representative Men. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1850.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Montaigne; or, the Skeptic (1850)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt as injustice.

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

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Childhood

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Charles Dickens

Source

Great Expectations

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

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Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 29 Dec. 1860, issue 5, ch. 8.

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Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 8.

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The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth.

Leo Tolstoy

Sevastopol in May

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Truth

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Leo Tolstoy

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Sevastopol in May

Medium

Short story

Language

Russian

Time

1855 1850s 19th century

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Tolstoy, Leo. "Севастополь в Мае [Sevastopol in May]." Sovremennik, 1855.

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Tolstoy, Leo. "Sevastopol in May." The Cossacks and Other Stories, translated by David McDuff and Paul Foote. Penguin Books, 2006.

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Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.

Cormac McCarthy

All the Pretty Horses

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Scars

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Cormac McCarthy

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All the Pretty Horses

Medium

Novel

Genre

Western literature

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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McCarthy, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses. Alfred A. Knopf, 1992, ch. 2.

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