The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

L.P. Hartley

The Go-Between

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Topic

The past Past and present

Author

L.P. Hartley

Source

The Go-Between

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hartley, L. P. The Go-Between. Hamish Hamilton, 1953, preface.

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You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.

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Source
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Medium
Novel
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Citation

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For the one thing even God cannot do is change the past.

Agathon

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Agathon

Author

Aristotle
Source
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Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Agathon. Quoted in Ἠθικὰ Νικομάχεια, Ēthika Nikomacheia [Nicomachean Ethics], written by Aristotle. c. 350 BC, bk. 6.

Current Citation

Agathon. Quoted in Nicomachean Ethics, written by Aristotle, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing Company, 2019, bk. 6, ch. 2.

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Little strokes fell great Oaks.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Butterfly effect Incremental progress Diligence Persistence

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Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
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Era
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Authentication Score 2
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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1750.

Current Citation

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