The horseless vehicle is the coming wonder.

Thomas Edison

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Topic

Cars

Speaker

Thomas Edison

Source

New York World

Medium

Interview Newspaper

Statement Type

Prophecies and predictions

Language

English

Time

1895 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Inventor Businessperson

From

United States

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Citation

Edison, Thomas Alva. Interview. New York World, 17 Nov. 1895.

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Another quote from the 1890s

We do not seek for truth in the abstract... Every man sees what he looks for, and hears what he listens for, and nothing else.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic
Confirmation bias Cognitive biases Seeking the truth

Author

George Bernard Shaw
Source
Letters of George Bernard Shaw
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
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Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. Letter to E. C. Chapman. 29 July 1891.

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One more such victory over the Romans and we are lost.

Pyrrhus

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic
Pyrrhic victory Victory
Speaker
Pyrrhus

Author

Plutarch
Source
Plutarch's Lives
Genre
Biography
Statement Type
Paradox Prophecies and predictions
Language
Greek
Time
279 BC 270s BC 3rd century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Pyrrhus. Quoted in "Pyrrhus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 21, sect. 9.

Current Citation

Pyrrhus. Quoted in "Pyrrhus." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 21, sect. 9.