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O bed! O bed! delicious bed!
That heaven upon earth to the weary head.

Thomas Hood

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Topic

Sleep

Author

Thomas Hood

Language

English

Time

1840 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg." New Monthly Magazine, Oct. 1840 - Feb. 1841.

Current Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg." Selected Poems of Thomas Hood. Harvard University Press, 1970.

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man.

William Hazlitt

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Topic

Nicknames Names

Author

William Hazlitt

Source

On Nicknames

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1839 1830s 19th century

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Citation

Hazlitt, William. "Nicknames." Sketches and Essays. London: John Templeman, 1839.

If parties in a republic are necessary to secure a degree of vigilance sufficient to keep the public functionaries within the bounds of law and duty, at that point their usefulness ends. Beyond that they become destructive of public virtue, the parent of a spirit antagonist to that of liberty, and eventually its inevitable conqueror.

William Henry Harrison

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison

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Partisan politics Political theory

Speaker

William Henry Harrison

Source

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1841 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Harrison, William Henry. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1841, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines.

Frank Lloyd Wright

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Topic

Architecture

Author

Frank Lloyd Wright

Source

The New York Times Magazine

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Wright, Frank Lloyd. "What Every Budding Architect Should Know." The New York Times Magazine, 4 Oct. 1953.

The man who insists on high and serious pleasures is depriving himself of pleasure; he continually restricts what he can enjoy; in the constant exercise of his good taste he will eventually price himself out of the market, so to speak.

Susan Sontag

Notes on Camp

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Good taste Taste

Author

Susan Sontag

Source

Notes on Camp Against Interpretation

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Sontag, Susan. "Notes on 'Camp.'" Partisan Review, Fall 1964.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

John Quincy Adams

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Overcoming obstacles Perseverance Courage Adversity

Author

John Quincy Adams

Source

An Oration, Delivered at Plymouth

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1802 1800s 19th century

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Citation

Adams, John Quincy. "An Oration, Delivered at Plymouth." University Commemoration of the First Landing of Our Ancestors At That Place. 22 Dec. 1802, Plymouth, MA, USA.

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Topic

Religious tolerance Religion Roman empire

Author

Edward Gibbon

Source

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 2.

All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy.

U.G. Krishnamurti

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Seeking happiness Seeking Happiness Unhappiness

Author

U.G. Krishnamurti

Source

Mind is a Myth: Disquieting Conversations with the Man Call U. G. 1988

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Krishnamurti, U. G. Mind is a Myth: Disquieting Conversations with the Man Called U. G. Dinesh, 1988.

The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews.
Not to be born is the best for man.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Desire The human condition

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

Death's Echo

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Auden, W. H. Death's Echo. 1937.

Is it so small a thing
To have enjoy'd the sun,
To have liv'd light in the spring,
To have lov'd, to have thought, to have done.

Matthew Arnold

Empedocles on Etna

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Living life to the fullest Living well Life

Author

Matthew Arnold

Source

Empedocles on Etna

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

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Citation

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

It's certain there is no fine thing
Since Adam's fall but needs much labouring.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Necessity of work Work

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

Adam's Curse

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Adam's Curse." In the Seven Woods. Elizabeth Yeats's Dun Emer Press, 1903.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Adam's Curse." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York.

William Shakespeare

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Speaker

Richard

Author

William Shakespeare

Genre

History (play)

Statement Type

Opening lines Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1597 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

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

Current Citation

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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Topic

Nature of man Man and animals

Author

John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Source

A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1679 1670s 17th century

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Original Citation

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

Current Citation

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

England, with all thy faults, I love thee still-My country!

William Cowper

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Topic

England Patriotism

Author

William Cowper

Source

The Timepiece The Task

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1785 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

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

Current Citation

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

You must choose, but choose wisely for as the true Grail will bring you life, the false Grail will take it from you.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

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Topic

Decisions and choices Life and death

Speaker

Grail Knight

Actor

Robert Eddison

Source

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Adventure (film) Action Adventure

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Lucasfilm Ltd., 1989.

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.

Margaret Fuller

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Topic

Nature of women Women

Author

Margaret Fuller

Source

The Dial

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1843 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Fuller, Margaret. "The Great Lawsuit - Man versus Men: Woman versus Women." The Dial, July 1843.

Current Citation

Fuller, Margaret. Woman in the Nineteenth Century. Dover Publications, 1999.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

Lauren Bacall

Quoted in The Daily Telegraph

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Topic

Aging Life experience Life

Speaker

Lauren Bacall

Source

The Daily Telegraph

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Bacall, Lauren. Quoted in The Daily Telegraph. 2 Mar. 1988.

I think people place too much emphasis on their careers. I wish we could all live in the mountains at high altitude. That's where I see myself in five years. How about you?

Groundhog Day

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Topic

Career Taking a different path

Speaker

Phil

Actor

Bill Murray

Source

Groundhog Day

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Fantasy (film) Comedy Fantasy

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Groundhog Day. Directed by Harold Ramis, Columbia Pictures, 1993.

That's why I don't have an ulcer, because I know when to say, "I don't give a fuck."

Lethal Weapon 2

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Topic

Letting go Stress

Speaker

Tim Cavanaugh

Actor

Dean Norris

Source

Lethal Weapon 2

Medium

Film

Genre

Buddy movie Action (film) Action

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Lethal Weapon 2. Directed by Richard Donner, Warner Bros. Pictures/Silver Pictures, 1989.

Whilst you are proclaiming peace and good will to men, emancipating all nations, you insist upon retaining an absolute power over wives. But you must remember that arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken-and notwithstanding all your wise laws and maxims we have it in our power not only to be free ourselves but to subdue our masters, and without violence throw both your natural and legal authority at our feet.

Abigail Adams

Letter to John Adams, 1776

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Topic

Oppression of women

Author

Abigail Adams

Source

Letter to John Adams, 1776 Letters of Abigail Adams

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Threat Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Adams, Abigail. Letter to John Adams. 7 May 1776.

Current Citation

Adams, Abigail. My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams, edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor. Belknap Press, 2010.