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Arnold, Matthew, [published as A]. "Empedocles on Etna." Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1852, act 1, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. Richard III. London: Andrew Wise, 1597, act 1, sc. 1.

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

Man differs more from man, than man from beast.

John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

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Wilmot, John. A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind. London, c. 1679.

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Wilmot, John. "A Satire Against Reason and Mankind." Selected Poems. Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Cowper, William. The Task. London: Joseph Johnson, 1785, bk. 2.

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Cowper, William. "The Task." William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems, edited by James Sambrook. Routledge, 2016, bk. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "The Life and Death of King John." 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. "King John." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 4.

Gift, like genius, I often think, only means an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Ellice Hopkins

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Hopkins, Jane Ellice. Work Amongst Working Men. Strahan and Company, 1879, ch. 4.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Richard Franck

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Franck, Richard. Northern Memoirs: Calculated for the Meridian of Scotland. London: Henry Mortclock, 1694.

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Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh. Methuen/Dutton, 1926.

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Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh. Dutton Books for Young Readers, 2017.

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Brontë, Charlotte. "We wove a web in childhood." 1835.

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Brontë, Charlotte. "From 'Retrospection.'" Brontës: Selected Poems, edited by Pamela Norris. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2023.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. c. June 1784.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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Arnold, Matthew. "Resignation." The Strayed Reveller, and Other Poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1849, I. 213.

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Arnold, Matthew. "Resignation." Dover Beach and Other Poems. Dover Publications, 2012, I. 213.

The Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of his holy word.

John Robinson

Address to the English puritans before the departure from England for America.

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Robinson, John. Robinson's farewell address to the pilgrims. 1620, The Mayflower, England, UK.

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Lamb, Charles [published as Elia]. "Popular Fallacies: IX, That the Worst Puns Are the Best." The London Magazine, 1826.

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More, Hannah. An address to the meeting in Spa Fields. 1817, London, England, UK.

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Blake, William. "To the Public." Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion. London, c. 1820.

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Blake, William. "Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion." The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008.

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Gay, John. "The Squire and his Cur." Fables. London: John Knapton, Paul Knapton, and T. Cox, 1738, pt. 2, I. 27.

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Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 1, ch. 5, sect. 8.

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Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 5, sect. 8.

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Huxley, Aldous. Point Counter Point. Chatto & Windus/Doubleday Doran, 1928, ch. 1.

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Keynes, John Maynard. The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Self-published, 1919, ch. 6.

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Keynes, John Maynard. "The Economic Consequences of the Peace." The Essential Keynes, edited by Robert Skidelsky. Penguin, 2016, ch. 6.

Beauty's but skin deep.

John Davies of Hereford

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Davies, John. A Select Second Husband for Sir Thomas Overburie's Wife. London: John Marriott, 1616, st. 13.