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To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?

Henrik Ibsen

Ghosts

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Topic

Seeking happiness Happiness

Speaker

Pastor Manders

Author

Henrik Ibsen

Source

Ghosts

Medium

Play

Language

Norwegian

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Ibsen, Henrik. Gengangere [Ghosts]. Kobenhavn: Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1881, act 1.

Current Citation

Ibsen, Henrik. "Ghosts." A Doll's House and Other Plays, translated by Deborah Dawkin and Erik Skuggevik. Penguin Classics, 2016, act 1.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Robert Lloyd

The Hare and Tortoise

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Topic

Persistence

Author

Robert Lloyd

Source

The Hare and Tortoise

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1762 1760s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lloyd, Robert. "The Hare and Tortoise." Poems. London: T. Davies, 1762.

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

Golda Meir

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Topic

Going to war War

Speaker

Golda Meir

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Meir, Golda. Stated after Levi Eshkol delivered a radio address to his nation. c. 1967.

Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not and shall not die.

Charles de Gaulle

Appeal of 18 June

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Topic

French Resistance World War II

Speaker

Charles de Gaulle

Source

Appeal of 18 June

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

French

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

De Gaulle, Charles. L'Appel du 18 juin [The Appeal of 18 June]. BBC, 18 June 1940.

Whenever your life ends, it is all there. The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while you are in it. It lies in your will, not in the number of years, for you to have lived enough.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Topic

Living life to the fullest

Author

Michel de Montaigne

Source

That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die Essays

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Advice

Language

French

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Que Philosopher C'Est Apprendre a Mourir [That to Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "To Philosophize is to Learn How to Die." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.

Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Reflections

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Topic

It takes two to tangle Conflict

Author

François de La Rochefoucauld

Source

Reflections

Medium

Epigram

Language

French

Time

1678 1670s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.

Current Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Silence is the best tactic for him who distrusts himself.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Reflections

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Topic

Silence is golden

Author

François de La Rochefoucauld

Source

Reflections

Medium

Epigram

Language

French

Time

1678 1670s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.

Current Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.

Arthur Conan Doyle

A Study in Scarlet

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Topic

Facts What really matters

Speaker

Sherlock Holmes

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source

A Study in Scarlet

Medium

Novel Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "A Study in Scarlet." Beeton's Christmas Annual. London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1887.

Current Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. A Study in Scarlet. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2012, pt. 1, ch. 2.

Christianity is completed Judaism, or it is nothing. Christianity is incomprehensible without Judaism, as Judaism is incomplete without Christianity.

Benjamin Disraeli

Sybil

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Topic

Christianity and Judaism

Author

Benjamin Disraeli

Source

Sybil

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Disraeli, Benjamin. Sybil; or, The Two Nations. Vol. 1, London: Henry Colburn, 1845, bk. 2, ch. 12.

Current Citation

Disraeli, Benjamin. Sybil, edited by Sheila Smith. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2, ch. 12.

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens.

Benjamin Disraeli

Henrietta Temple

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Topic

Nature of life

Author

Benjamin Disraeli

Source

Henrietta Temple

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Disraeli, Benjamin. Henrietta Temple. London: Henry Colburn, 1837, bk. 2, ch. 4.

There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.

George Bernard Shaw

Man and Superman

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Topic

Getting what you want Tragic view of life

Speaker

Mendoza

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Man and Superman

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play)

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "Man and Superman." Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Oxford University Press, 2021, act 4. Originally published by Archibald and Constable Co., Ltd., 1903.

Women upset everything. When you let them into your life, you find that the woman is driving at one thing and you're driving at another.

George Bernard Shaw

Pygmalion

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Topic

Women Gender relations Men and women

Speaker

Henry Higgins

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Pygmalion

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. Pygmalion. 16 Oct. 1913, Hofburg Theatre, Vienna, Germany, act. 2.

Current Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. Pygmalion. Penguin, 2005, act 2.

Now it is autumn and the falling fruit
and the long journey towards oblivion.

D.H. Lawrence

Last Poems

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Topic

Autumn

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

The Ship of Death Last Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Lawrence, D.H. "The Ship of Death." Last Poems, edited by Richard Aldington and Giuseppe Orioli. The Viking Press, 1932, stanza 1.

The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness.

Nancy Mitford

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Topic

Unfairness of life

Author

Nancy Mitford

Source

The Pursuit of Love

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mitford, Nancy. The Pursuit of Love. Hamish Hamilton, 1945, ch. 1.

The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.

Henry Maine

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Topic

Progress

Author

Henry Maine

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Maine, Henry. Ancient Law. London: John Murray, 1861, ch. 5.

Economics limps along with one foot in untested hypotheses and the other in untestable slogans.

Joan Robinson

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Topic

Economics

Author

Joan Robinson

Genre

Economic literature

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Robinson, Joan. "Metaphysics, Morals and Science." Economic Philosophy. C. A. Watts and Co., 1962.

Treading the soil of the moon, palpating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the pit of one's stomach the separation from terre... These form the most romantic sensation an explorer has ever known... This is the only thing I can say about the matter. The utilitarian results do not interest me.

Vladimir Nabokov

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Topic

The moon

Author

Vladimir Nabokov

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Nabokov, Vladimir. Quoted in The New York Times. 21 July 1969.

Let us be frank about it: most of our people have never had it so good.

Harold Macmillan

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Topic

Prosperity Progress

Speaker

Harold Macmillan

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Macmillan, Harold. Speech in England. 20 July 1957, Bedford, England, UK.

Whether you are dealing with an animal or a child, to convince is to weaken.

Colette

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Topic

Persuasion

Author

Colette

Source

The Pure and the Impure

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1932 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Colette. Le Pur et l'impur and Ces Plaisirs [The Pure and the Impure and These Pleasures]. J. Ferenczi & fils, 1932, ch. 9.

Current Citation

Colette. The Pure and the Impure. NYRB Classics, 2000, ch. 9.

Departure beyond the borders of my country is for me equivalent to death.

Boris Pasternak

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Topic

Travel

Author

Boris Pasternak

Medium

Letter

Language

Russian

Time

1958 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pasternak, Boris. Letter to Nikita Khrushchev. 30 Oct. 1958.