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

Francis Bacon

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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 forest has fallen by the ax of our woodsmen; the soil has been made to teem by the tillage of our farmers; our commerce has whitened every ocean. The dominion of man over physical nature has been extended by the invention of our artists.

John Quincy Adams

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams

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Early America American expansion American prosperity American pride Man and nature

Speaker

John Quincy Adams

Source

Inaugural Address of John Quincy Adams Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1825 1820s 19th century

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Citation

Adams, John Quincy. "Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1825, House Chamber, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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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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.

You know my name, but who are you? Just another American who saw too many movies as a child? Another orphan of a bankrupt culture who thinks he's John Wayne? Rambo? Marshal Dillon?

Die Hard

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American culture

Speaker

Hans Gruber

Actor

Alan Rickman

Source

Die Hard

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Thriller (film) Action Thriller

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

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Die Hard. Directed by John McTiernan, Gordon Company/Silver Pictures, 1988.

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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Happiness

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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

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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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Sticks and stones Words vs. actions

Author

Lord Chesterfield

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1746 1740s 18th century

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

One legislator accused me of having a nineteenth-century attitude on law and order. That is a totally false charge. I have an eighteenth-century attitude. That is when the Founding Fathers made it clear that the safety of law-abiding citizens should be one of the government's primary concerns.

Ronald Reagan

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Law and order Crime Purpose of government Government

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Ronald Reagan

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Reagan, Ronald. Address to the Republican State Central Committee Convention. Republican State Central Committee Convention. 7 Sept. 1973, USA.

Always the friend of my countrymen, never their flatterer, it becomes my duty to say to them from this high place to which their partiality has exalted me that there exists in the land a spirit hostile to their best interests—hostile to liberty itself. It is a spirit contracted in its views, selfish in its objects.

William Henry Harrison

Inaugural Address of William Henry Harrison

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Pre-Civil War conflict American politics

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

Hair is everything. We wish it wasn’t so we could actually think about something else occasionally. But it is. It’s the difference between a good day and a bad day. We’re meant to think that it’s a symbol of power, that it’s a symbol of fertility.

Fleabag

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Physical appearance

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Fleabag

Actor

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Source

Fleabag

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Drama (TV) Comedy Drama

Language

English

Time

2019 2010s 21st century

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"Episode #2.5." Fleabag, written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, directed by Harry Bradbeer, season 2, episode 5, Amazon Studios and British Broadcasting Corporation, 2019.

Never give up and good luck will find you.

The NeverEnding Story

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Persistence Determination Never giving up

Speaker

Falkor

Actor

Alan Oppenheimer

Source

The NeverEnding Story

Medium

Film

Genre

Fantasy (film) Fantasy

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

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The NeverEnding Story. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, Neue Constantin Film/Bavaria Film/Producers Sales Organization, 1984.

What millions died-that Caesar might be great!

Thomas Campbell

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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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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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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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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.

You Americans, you're all the same. Always overdressing for the wrong occasions.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Americans

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Toht

Actor

Ronald Lacey

Source

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Medium

Film

Genre

Action (film) Adventure (film) Action Adventure

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

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Raiders of the Lost Ark. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Lucasfilm Ltd., 1981.

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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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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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.

Every piece of business strategy... Must be seen in its role in the perennial gale of creative destruction.

Joseph Schumpeter

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

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Business strategy Capitalism

Author

Joseph Schumpeter

Source

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

Genre

Economic literature Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Schumpeter, Joseph Alois. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Harper & Brothers, 1942, pt. 2, ch. 7.

He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself.

Sir Thomas Browne

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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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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.

War appears to be as old as mankind, but peace is a modern invention.

Henry Maine

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War and peace War Peace

Author

Henry Maine

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Maine, Henry. "International Law: Its Origin and Sources." Whewell Lecture. 1887, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK.

But evil is wrought by want of thought,
As well as want of heart!

Thomas Hood

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Thoughtlessness Heartlessness

Author

Thomas Hood

Source

The Lady's Dream

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1844 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Hood, Thomas. "The Lady's Dream." Hood’s Own. London: Edward Moxon, 1862. Originally published in Hood's Magazine and Comic Miscellany, 1844.