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Wife and Servant are the same,
But only differ in the name.

Mary Chudleigh

To the Ladies

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Topic

Oppression of women Men and women Marriage Women

Author

Mary Chudleigh

Source

To the Ladies

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1703 1700s 18th century

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Original Citation

Chudleigh, Mary. "To the Ladies." Poems on Several Occasions. London: Bernard Lintott, 1703, I. 1.

Current Citation

Chudleigh, Mary. "To the Ladies." The Poems and Prose of Mary, Lady Chudleigh. Oxford University Press, 1993, I. 1.

So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.

Lucretius

On the Nature of Things

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Topic

Tests of character Character

Author

Lucretius

Source

On the Nature of Things

Medium

Poem

Genre

Didactic poem Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

55 BC 50s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Carus, Titus Lucretius. De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things]. c. 55 BC, bk. 3, l. 55.

Current Citation

Carus, Titus Lucretius. The Nature of Things, translated by Alicia Stallings. Penguin Classics, 2007, bk. 3, l. 55.

The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.

Matthew Arnold

God and the Bible

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Topic

Intellectual history Progress

Author

Matthew Arnold

Source

God and the Bible

Language

English

Time

1875 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Arnold, Matthew. God and the Bible. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1875.

A man is so in the way in the house.

Elizabeth Gaskell

Cranford

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Topic

Men

Author

Elizabeth Gaskell

Source

Cranford

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1853 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Gaskell, Elizabeth. "Cranford." Household Words, 1851-1853.

Current Citation

Gaskell, Elizabeth. Cranford. Oxford University Press, 2011, ch. 1.

But to see her, was to love her;
Love but her, and love for ever.

Robert Burns

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Topic

Being in love Love

Author

Robert Burns

Source

Ae Fond Kiss

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1791 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Burns, Robert. "Ae Fond Kiss, and Then We Sever." Scots Musical Museum. 1791, I. 11.

Current Citation

Burns, Robert. "Ae Fond Kiss." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994, I. 11.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Samuel Johnson

The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

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Challenges of marriage Marriage Celibacy

Speaker

The Princess

Author

Samuel Johnson

Source

The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1759 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale. London: R. and J. Dodsley/W. Johnston, 1759, ch. 26.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. Penguin Classics, 2007, ch. 26.

The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared,
Merrily did we drop
Below the kirk, below the hill,
Below the lighthouse top.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Topic

Curvature of the earth Adventure Sailing Beginning of a journey

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 6.

Current Citation

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. 6.

Prayer is indeed good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

Hippocrates

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Topic

Prayer Taking initiative

Author

Hippocrates

Source

Regimen

Language

Greek

Time

370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hippocrates. Regimen. c. 4th century BC, regimen 4, sect. 87.

Current Citation

Hippocrates. "A Regimen for Health." Hippocratic Writings, translated by J. Chadwick and W. N. Mann, et al. Penguin Classics, 1984.

The isles of Greece, the Isles of Greece!
Where burning Sappho loved and sung,
Where grew the arts of war and peace,
Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung!
Eternal summer gilds them yet,
But all, except their sun, is set.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Topic

Greek islands Greece Classical antiquity

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1821, canto 3, st. 86.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 3, st. 86.

The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime again.

Thomas Paine

The Age of Reason

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Topic

The sublime

Author

Thomas Paine

Source

The Age of Reason

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Religious literature Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1795 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Paine, Thomas. The Age of Reason, Part 2. London: H.D. Symonds, 1795.

Current Citation

Paine, Thomas. "The Age of Reason, Part the Second. Being an Investigation of True and of Fabulous Theology (1795)." Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, edited by Ian Shapiro and Jane E. Calvert. Yale University Press, 2014.

A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

John Keats

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Topic

Beauty

Author

John Keats

Source

Endymion

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

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Original Citation

Keats, John. Endymion: A Poetic Romance. London: Taylor & Hessey, 1818, bk. 1, l. 1.

Current Citation

Keats, John. "Endymion." John Keats: The Major Works, edited by Elizabeth Cook. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 1, I. 1.

Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.

Thales

Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laërtius

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Topic

Passage of time Time Wisdom

Speaker

Thales

Author

Diogenes Laërtius

Source

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

Medium

Presocratic fragment Fragment

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

3rd century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Thales. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Thales. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 1, ch. 1.

The distinction between past, present and future is only an illusion, however persistent.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Nature of time Time

Author

Albert Einstein

Source

Letters of Albert Einstein

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Einstein, Albert. Quoted in Einstein and Religion: Physics and Theology, by Max Jammer. Princeton University Press, 1999. Originally from Letter to Michaelangelo Besso, 21 Mar. 1955.

The Godhead is broken like bread. We are the pieces.

W.H. Auden

Herman Melville

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Topic

God and man

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

Herman Melville

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Auden, W. H. "Herman Melville." Another Time. Faber and Faber/Random House, 1940.

It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.

Heraclitus

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Topic

In vino veritas Wine Effects of alcohol Alcohol

Author

Heraclitus

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

480 BC 480s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Heraclitus. On the Universe. c. 500 BC, no. 108.

Current Citation

Heraclitus. "On the Universe." Hippocrates, translated by W. H. S. Jones. Vol. 4, Harvard University Press, 1931, no. 108.

The fundamental error of their matrimonial union; that of having based a permanent contract on a temporary feeling.

Thomas Hardy

Jude the Obscure

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Topic

Challenges of marriage Marriage

Author

Thomas Hardy

Source

Jude the Obscure

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Hardy, Thomas. "Jude the Obscure." Harper's New Monthly, Dec. 1894.

Current Citation

Hardy, Thomas. Jude the Obscure, edited by Ralph Pite. W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.

Mankind always sets itself only such problems as it can solve; since, looking at the matter more closely, it will always be found that the task itself arises only when the material conditions for its solution already exist or are at least in the process of formation.

Karl Marx

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Solving problems

Author

Karl Marx

Source

A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy

Genre

Political literature Economic literature

Language

German

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Zur Kritik der Politischen Ökonomie [On the Critique of Political Economy]. Berlin: Franz Duncker, 1859, preface.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, edited by Maurice Dobb. International Publishers, 2022, preface.

In order to be content men must also have the possibility of developing their intellectual and artistic powers.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Personal development Artistic development Happiness

Author

Albert Einstein

Source

Freedom and Science

Medium

Essay

Language

German

Time

1940 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Einstein, Albert. "Freiheit und Wissenschaft [Freedom and Science]." 1940.

Current Citation

Einstein, Albert. "On Freedom." Out of My Later Years. Philosophical Library/Open Road, 2015, ch. 6.

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

Apostle Paul

1st Corinthians 15:26

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Topic

Overcoming death

Author

Apostle Paul

Source

1st Corinthians The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

55 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Corinthians 15:26).

He makes no friend who never made a foe.

Alfred Tennyson

Idylls of the King

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Topic

Friends and enemies Yin and yang

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

Lancelot and Elaine Idylls of the King

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. "Lancelot and Elaine." Idylls of the King. London: Edward Moxon, 1859, I. 1082.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Lancelot and Elaine." Idylls of the King, edited by J. M. Gray. Penguin Classics, 1989, I. 1082.