Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he
Who finds himself, loses his misery.

Matthew Arnold

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Topic

Being true to oneself Authenticity

Author

Matthew Arnold

Source

Self-Dependence

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Arnold, Matthew, [published as A]. "Self-Dependence." Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1852, l. 31.

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I do not pretend to understand the moral universe, the arc is a long one... But from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.

Theodore Parker

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Topic
Moral progress Social progress Progress
Speaker
Theodore Parker
Source
Ten Sermons of Religion
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1853 1850s 19th century
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Citation

Parker, Theodore. "Of Justice and the Conscience." Ten Sermons of Religion. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company/New York: Charles S. Francis and Company, 1853.

Another quote about Authenticity

This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Topic
Being true to oneself Authenticity Personal integrity
Speaker
Lord Polonius

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Hamlet
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1616 1610s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 3.

Current Citation

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

Another quote of the following type Advice

Go West, young man.

Horace Greeley

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Topic
American West Manifest destiny

Author

Horace Greeley
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1870 1870s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Greeley, Horace. Quoted in New-York Daily Tribune. 13 July 1865.