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Pale death, the grand physician, cures all pain;
The dead rest well who lived for joys in vain.

John Clare

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Topic

Death as a blessing Death

Author

John Clare

Source

Child Harold

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Clare, John. Child Harold. c. 1840, I. 215.

Current Citation

Clare, John. "Child Harold." John Clare: Major Works, edited by Eric Robinson and David Powell. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 215.

I saw also that there was an ocean of darkness and death, but an infinite ocean of light and love, which flowed over the ocean of darkness.

George Fox

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Topic

Good and evil Ocean and sea

Author

George Fox

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Vision

Language

English

Time

1647 1640s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fox, George. Journal entry. c. 1647.

We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
To wither and perish- but nought changeth Thee.

Walter Chalmers Smith

God, All in All

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Topic

God and man Ephemeral nature of life Nature of God

Author

Walter Chalmers Smith

Source

God, All in All

Medium

Hymn Song

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Smith, Walter Chalmers. "Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise." Hymns of Christ and the Christian Life. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1867.

From troubles of the world
I turn to ducks,
Beautiful comical things.

F.W. Harvey

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Topic

Ducks Animal descriptions

Author

F.W. Harvey

Source

Ducks

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Harvey, Frederick William. "Ducks." Ducks, and other Verses. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1919, I. 1.

In effect, we have redefined the task of science to be the discovery of laws that will enable us to predict events up to the limits set by the uncertainty principle.

Stephen Hawking

A Brief History of Time

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Topic

Science

Author

Stephen Hawking

Source

A Brief History of Time

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Hawking, Steven. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes. Bantam Dell Publishing Group, 1988, conclusion.

Or love me less, or love me more
And play not with my liberty;
Either take all, or all restore,
Bind me at least, or set me free.

Sidney Godolphin

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Topic

Vulnerability in love Love

Author

Sidney Godolphin

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

1643 1640s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Godolphin, Sidney. Song. c. 1712.

Two and two only supreme and luminously self-evident beings, myself and my Creator.

John Henry Newman

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Topic

God and man

Author

John Henry Newman

Source

Apologia pro Vita Sua

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

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Original Citation

Newman, John Henry. "History of my Religious Opinions up to 1833." Apologia Pro Vita Sua. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1864.

Current Citation

Newman, John Henry. "History of my Religious Opinions up to 1833." Apologia Pro Vita Sua, edited by Ian Ker. Penguin Classics, 1995.

Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer,
And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.

Alexander Pope

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Topic

Being passive aggressive Criticism

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

Letters of Alexander Pope

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1735 1730s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Epistle from Mr. Pope to Dr. Arbuthnot; or Prologue to the Satires." 1735, I. 201-205.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 201-205.

What with excellent browsing and sluicing and cheery conversation and what-not, the afternoon passed quite happily.

P.G. Wodehouse

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Topic

Good conversation Killing time

Author

P.G. Wodehouse

Source

My Man Jeeves

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Wodehouse, P. G. "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest." Carry On, Jeeves. Herbert Jenkins, 1925. Originally published in Saturday Evening Post, 9 Dec. 1916.

A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.

James VI and I

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Topic

Smoking

Author

James VI and I

Source

A Counterblaste to Tobacco

Medium

Treatise

Language

English

Time

1604 1600s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

James VI, King and James I, King. A Counterblast to Tobacco. London: Robert Barker, 1604.

Of all the heavenly gifts that mortal men commend,
What trusty treasure in the world can countervail a friend?

Nicholas Grimald

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Topic

Value of friendship Friendship Friends

Author

Nicholas Grimald

Source

Of Friendship

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1557 1550s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Citation

Grimald, Nicholas. Of Friendship. c. 1557.

Truth must of necessity be stranger than fiction...For fiction is the creation of the human mind, and therefore is congenial to it.

G.K. Chesterton

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Topic

Nature of truth Truth vs. fiction Truth

Speaker

Basil Grant

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

The Singular Speculation of the House-Agent The Club of Queer Trades

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Chesterton, G.K. "The Club of Queer Trades." The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 6, Ignatius Press, 1991. Originally published by Harper & Brothers, 1905.

The mystic reverence, the religious allegiance, which are essential to a true monarchy, are imaginative sentiments that no legislature can manufacture in any people.

Walter Bagehot

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Topic

Monarchy Democracy

Author

Walter Bagehot

Source

The English Constitution

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1867 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Bagehot, Walter. "The Cabinet." The English Constitution. London: Chapman and Hall, 1867. Originally published in The Fortnightly Review, 15 May 1865 - 1 Jan. 1867.

America, thou half-brother of the world;
With something good and bad of every land.

Philip James Bailey

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Topic

America

Speaker

Festus

Author

Philip James Bailey

Source

Festus

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1845 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bailey, Philip James. Festus. London: William Pickering, 1839.

Never lose your temper with the Press or the public is a major rule of political life.

Christabel Pankhurst

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Topic

Politics

Author

Christabel Pankhurst

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1959 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Pankhurst, Christabel. Unshackled: The Story of how We Won the Vote. Hutchinson, 1959, ch. 5.

Chumps always make the best husbands... All the unhappy marriages come from the husband having brains.

P.G. Wodehouse

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Topic

Marriage Husbands

Author

P.G. Wodehouse

Source

The Adventures of Sally

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wodehouse, P. G. The Adventures of Sally. Herbert Jenkins, 1922. Originally published in Collier's Magazine, 8 Oct. 1921-31 Dec. 1921.

He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic.

Kingsley Amis

One Fat Englishman

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Topic

Catholicism

Author

Kingsley Amis

Source

One Fat Englishman

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Amis, Kingsley. One Fat Englishman. Harcourt, Brace & World/Gollancz, 1963.

I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.

Thomas Love Peacock

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Topic

Scientific progress Science

Speaker

The Rev. Dr. Opimian

Author

Thomas Love Peacock

Source

Gryll Grange

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Paradox Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Peacock, Thomas Love. "Gryll Grange." Fraser's Magazine, 1860.

The loss of wealth is loss of dirt,
As sages in all times assert;
The happy man's without a shirt.

John Heywood

Be Merry Friends

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Topic

Freedom in poverty

Author

John Heywood

Source

Be Merry Friends

Language

English

Time

1580 1580s 16th century

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Citation

Heywood, John. Be Merry Friends. c. 1580.

The English Bible,— a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Topic

The Bible English language

Author

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Source

John Dryden Edinburgh Review

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1828 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "John Dryden." Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1828.