Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

The Godfather: Part II

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Topic

Friends and enemies Friends Enemies

Speaker

Michael Corleone

Actor

Al Pacino

Source

The Godfather: Part II

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Epic (film) Crime Epic

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Godfather Part II. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures Studios/American Zoetrope/Coppola Company, 1974.

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This right of privacy...is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.

Byron White

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Topic
Abortion Right to privacy Constitutional law

Author

Byron White
Medium
Supreme Court opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

White, Byron. United States, Supreme Court. Roe v. Wade. United States Reports, vol. 410, 22 Jan. 1973, pp. 113-. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/410/113/.

Another quote about Friends

We are all travellers in what John Bunyan calls the wilderness of this world....and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic
Friends Existential solitude Travel

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson
Source
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
Genre
Autobiography and memoir Travel writing
Language
English
Time
1879 1870s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879.

Current Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Dover Publications, 2019.

Another quote of the following type Advice

You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Topic
Opportune time Timing Opportunities

Author

Publilius Syrus
Source
Sententiae
Medium
Epigram
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile Advice
Language
Latin
Time
43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.