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The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of Women's Rights with all its attendant horrors on which her poor, feeble sex is bent, forgetting every sense of womanly feeling and propriety.

Queen Victoria

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Topic

Women's rights

Author

Queen Victoria

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1870 1870s 19th century

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Original Citation

Queen Victoria. Letter to Theodore Martin. 29 May 1870.

Current Citation

Queen Victoria. Quoted in The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928, written by Elizabeth Crawford. Routledge, 2003.

Falling in love is the one illogical adventure, the one thing of which we are tempted to think as supernatural, in our trite and reasonable world.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Falling in love Love

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Virginibus Puerisque

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "Virginibus Puerisque III: On Falling in Love." Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1881.

Current Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "On Falling in Love." Essays I: Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers, edited by Robert-Louis Abrahamson. Edinburgh University Press, 2018.

I'm with you on the free press. It's the newspapers I can't stand.

Tom Stoppard

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Topic

Freedom of the press Newspapers Media

Speaker

Ruth

Author

Tom Stoppard

Source

Night and Day

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play)

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

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Original Citation

Stoppard, Tom. Night and Day. 8 Nov. 1978, Phoenix Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1.

Current Citation

Stoppard, Tom. Night and Day. Grove Press, 2018, act 1.

No graven images may be
Worshipped, except the currency.

Arthur Hugh Clough

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Topic

Love of money Money

Author

Arthur Hugh Clough

Language

English

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Clough, Arthur Hugh. "The Latest Decalogue." Poems. Macmillan and Company, 1862, I. 3.

The sense of being well-dressed gives a feeling of inward tranquility which religion is powerless to bestow.

C.F. Forbes

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Topic

Fashion Clothing

Speaker

C.F. Forbes

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Letters and Social Aims

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1875 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Forbes, C. F. Quoted in Letters and Social Aims, written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. James R. Osgood, 1875.

More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.

R. S. Surtees

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Topic

Persuasion Moral progress

Author

R. S. Surtees

Language

English

Time

1846 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Surtees, Robert Smith. The Analysis of the Hunting Field. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1846, ch. 1.

Shakespeare-the nearest thing in incarnation to the eye of God.

Laurence Olivier

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Topic

Shakespeare

Speaker

Laurence Olivier

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1971 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Olivier, Laurence. Interviewed by Kenneth Harris. BBC, c. 1966.

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and a becoming, is the character of perfection as culture conceives it.

Matthew Arnold

Culture and Anarchy

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Topic

Personal growth

Author

Matthew Arnold

Source

Culture and Anarchy

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Sweetness and Light." Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1869. Originally published in Cornhill Magazine, 1867–68.

A mere madness, to live like a wretch and die rich.

Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

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Topic

Accumulation of wealth

Author

Robert Burton

Source

The Anatomy of Melancholy

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1621 1620s 17th century

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Original Citation

Burton, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy. Oxford: Henry Cripps, 1621, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Burton, Robert. The Anatomy of Melancholy, edited by Holbrook Jackson. New York Review Books, 2001, pt. 1.

The abbreviation of time, and the failure of hope, will always tinge with a browner shade the evening of life.

Edward Gibbon

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Topic

Old age Passage of time Time

Author

Edward Gibbon

Source

Memoirs of My Life and Writings Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1794 1790s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Gibbon, Edward. "Memoirs of My Life and Writings." Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, edited by John Sheffield. Vol. 1, London: A Strahan and T. Cadell Jun. and W. David, 1796.

Current Citation

Gibbon, Edward. Memoirs of My Life, edited by Betty Radice. Penguin, 1984.

When a traveller returneth home, let him not leave the countries where he hath travelled altogether behind him.

Francis Bacon

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Topic

Learning from travel Travel

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

Of Travel Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Medium

Essay

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1625 1620s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis "Of Travel." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Travel." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

The great mistake is that of looking upon men as virtuous or thinking that they can be made so by laws.

Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke

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Topic

Misunderstanding human nature Human nature

Speaker

Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke

Source

Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters

Language

English

Time

1728 1720s 17th century

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Citation

Lord Bolingbrooke. Quoted in Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, written by Joseph Spence, edited by Samuel Weller Singer. W. H. Carpenter, 1820.

That all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness.

Samuel Johnson

Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Topic

Happiness

Speaker

Samuel Johnson

Author

James Boswell

Source

The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D

Genre

Biography

Language

English

Time

1784 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, written by James Boswell. Vol. 1, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, "1766," aetat. 57.

Current Citation

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

An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

Lord Chesterfield

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Topic

Sticks and stones Words vs. actions

Author

Lord Chesterfield

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1746 1740s 18th century

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Citation

Stanhope, Philip Dormer. Letter to his son. 9 Oct. 1746.

What millions died-that Caesar might be great!

Thomas Campbell

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Topic

Great man theory of history

Author

Thomas Campbell

Source

Pleasures of Hope

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1799 1790s 18th century

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Citation

Campbell, Thomas. "Pleasures of Hope, Part II." The Pleasures of Hope; With Other Poems. Edinburgh: Jones Bull, c. 1800.

Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes,
Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Alexander Pope

An Essay on Man

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Topic

Pride Envy

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

An Essay on Man

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1733 1730s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." London: J. Wilford, 1733, ep.1, I. 125-126.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Man." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, ep. 1, l. 125-126.

Life is an incurable disease.

Abraham Cowley

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Topic

Nature of life Life Pessimism

Author

Abraham Cowley

Source

To Dr. Scarborough Pindarique Odes

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1656 1650s 17th century

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Citation

Cowley, Abraham. "To Dr Scarborough." Poems written by A. Cowley. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1656, st. 6.

The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall.

Francis Bacon

Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

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Topic

Desire for power

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1625 1620s 17th century

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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.

John Ruskin

The Eagle's Nest

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Topic

Wealth as burden Downsides of wealth

Speaker

John Ruskin

Source

The Eagle's Nest

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1872 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Ruskin, John. Lecture given at the University of Oxford. 22 Feb. 1872, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK.

He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself.

Sir Thomas Browne

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Topic

Criticizing others Praising oneself

Author

Sir Thomas Browne

Source

Christian Morals

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1682 1680s 17th century

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Original Citation

Browne, Thomas, Sir. Christian Morals. Cambridge: University Press, 1716, pt. 1, sect. 34.

Current Citation

Browne, Thomas, Sir. "Christian Morals (1716)." Thomas Browne: Selected Writings, edited by Kevin Killeen. Oxford University Press, 2018, pt. 1, sec. 34.