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He hears
On all sides, from innumerable tongues
A dismal universal hiss, the sound
Of public scorn.

John Milton

Paradise Lost

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Topic

Haters gonna hate Criticism from others

Author

John Milton

Source

Paradise Lost

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1667 1660s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Milton, John. Paradise Lost. London: Samuel Simmons, 1667, bk. 9, I. 506-509.

Current Citation

"Paradise Lost." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 10, I. 506-509.

If you want me to weep, you must first feel grief yourself.

Horace

Ars Poetica

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Topic

Sincerity Poetry

Author

Horace

Source

Ars Poetica

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Writing advice

Language

Latin

Time

19 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Horace. Ars Poetica [The Art of Poetry]. c. 19 BC, l. 102.

Current Citation

Horace. "Ars Poetica." Satires, Epistles, Ars Poetica, translated by H. R. Fairclough. Harvard University Press, 1929, l. 102.

We are not all capable of everything.

Virgil

Eclogues

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Topic

Human limitations

Speaker

Damon

Author

Virgil

Source

Eclogues

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

30 BC 30s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Virgil. Eclogae [Eclogues]. c. 30 BC, no. 8.

Current Citation

Virgil. "The Eclogues." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, no. 8.

The fool learns by suffering.

Hesiod

Works and Days

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Topic

Learning from suffering School of hard knocks Fools

Author

Hesiod

Source

Works and Days

Medium

Poem

Genre

Didactic poem

Language

Greek

Time

700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Hesiod. Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι [Works and Days]. c. 700 BC, l. 218.

Current Citation

Hesiod. "Works and Days." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 218.

Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.

Virgil

Eclogues

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Topic

Positive attitude Attitude and mindset

Speaker

Lycidas

Author

Virgil

Source

Eclogues

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Latin

Time

30 BC 30s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Virgil. Eclogae [Eclogues]. c. 30 BC, no. 9.

Current Citation

Virgil. "The Eclogues." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, no. 9.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises, and oft it hits
Where hope is coldest and despair most shifts.

William Shakespeare

All’s Well that Ends Well

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Topic

Hope Expectations

Speaker

Helena

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

All’s Well that Ends Well

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "All's Well that Ends Well." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "All's Well That Ends Well." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

Most men admire
Virtue who follow not her lore.

John Milton

Paradise Regained

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Topic

Virtue

Author

John Milton

Source

Paradise Regained

Medium

Poem

Genre

Religious literature Epic poem

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, bk. 1, I. 482.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Paradise Regained." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, I. 482.

Commit
The oldest sins the newest kind of ways?

William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part 2

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Topic

Sin

Speaker

King Henry the Fourth

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Henry IV, Part 2

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1597 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 2. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1597, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Second Part of Henry the Fourth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 2.

Winter, which being full of care
Makes summer's welcome, thrice more wished, more rare.

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Topic

Winter Seasons

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Sonnet 56 Shakespeare's Sonnets

Medium

Sonnet Poem

Language

English

Time

1609 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Shake-speares Sonnets. London: Thomas Thorpe, 1609, sonnet 56, I. 13.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Sonnets." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, sonnet 56.

The English winter—ending in July,
To recommence in August.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Topic

Winter Seasons

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Joke

Language

English

Time

1823 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Hunt, 1823, canto 13, st. 42.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 13, st. 42.

The less we indulge our pleasures the more we enjoy them.

Juvenal

Satires

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Topic

Self-indulgence Pleasure

Author

Juvenal

Source

Satires

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Latin

Time

127 120s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 11.

Current Citation

Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 11.

The quality of mercy is not strained.
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest:
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.

William Shakespeare

The Merchant of Venice

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Topic

Mercy

Speaker

Portia

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Merchant of Venice

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1598 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. c. 1598, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Merchant of Venice." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 1.

Away, you scullion, you rampallian, you fustilarian!
I’ll tickle your catastrophe.

William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part 2

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Speaker

Falstaff's Page

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Henry IV, Part 2

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play)

Statement Type

Threat

Language

English

Time

1597 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Part 2. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1597, The Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Second Part of Henry the Fourth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Topic

Pleasure Sin Temptation

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1819, canto 1, st. 143.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 1, st. 143.

Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,—act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Knickerbocker

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Topic

Living in the moment Being present

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source

A Psalm of Life The Knickerbocker

Medium

Poem Magazine

Language

English

Time

1838 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, [published anonymously]. "A Psalm of Life." The Knickerbocker. New York: Lewis Gaylord Clark, Oct. 1838, I. 21.

Current Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "A Psalm of Life." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, I. 21.

What hath night to do with sleep?

John Milton

Comus

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Sex

Speaker

Comus

Author

John Milton

Source

Comus

Language

English

Time

1634 1630s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Milton, John. "A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle." 29 Sept. 1634, Ludlow Castle, Ludlow, England, UK, line 122.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "A Masque...Presented at Ludlow Castle ['Comus']." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, line 122.

Never trust her at any time when the calm sea shows her false alluring smile.

Lucretius

On the Nature of Things

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Topic

Ocean and sea Appearance vs. reality

Author

Lucretius

Source

On the Nature of Things

Medium

Poem

Genre

Didactic poem Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

55 BC 50s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Carus, Titus Lucretius. De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things]. c. 55 BC, bk. 2, l. 558.

Current Citation

Carus, Titus Lucretius. The Nature of Things, translated by Alicia Stallings. Penguin Classics, 2007, bk. 2, l. 558.

You see him laboring to produce bons mots.

Molière

The Misanthrope

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Quotations

Speaker

Celimene

Author

Molière

Source

The Misanthrope

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play) Comedy

Language

French

Time

1666 1660s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Moliere. Le Misanthrope ou L'Atrabilaire [The Misanthrope of the Cantankerous Lover]. 4 June 1666, Theatre du Palais-Royal, Paris, France, act 2, sc. 5.

The man hath penance done,
And penance more will do.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Topic

Punishment Penance Atonement Paying your dues

Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Source

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Medium

Poem

Genre

Narrative poem

Language

English

Time

1798 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. & A. Arch, 1798, pt. 5.

Current Citation

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Major Works, edited by H. J. Jackson. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 5.

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Knickerbocker

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Inspiration Legacy Motivation

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source

A Psalm of Life The Knickerbocker

Medium

Poem Magazine

Language

English

Time

1838 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, [published anonymously]. "A Psalm of Life." The Knickerbocker. New York: Lewis Gaylord Clark, Oct. 1838, I. 25.

Current Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "A Psalm of Life." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000, I. 25.