How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?

Comment voulez-vous gouverner un pays qui a deux cent quarante-six variétés de fromage?

Charles de Gaulle

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France

Speaker

Charles de Gaulle

Statement Type

Question

Language

French

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

National leader Politician Military officer

From

France Europe

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Citation

De Gaulle, Charles. Quoted in Les Mots du General, written by Ernest Mignon. Arthème Fayard, 1962.

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Another quote from the 1960s

If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a State has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.

Thurgood Marshall

Stanley v. Georgia

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First Amendment Constitutional law

Author

Thurgood Marshall
Source
Stanley v. Georgia
Medium
Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1969 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Marshall, Thurgood. United States, Supreme Court. Stanley v. Georgia. United States Reports, vol. 394, 7 Apr. 1969, pp. 557-572. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/394/557/.

Another quote originally in French

FIRST LAW: In every animal... A more frequent and continuous use of any organ gradually strengthens, develops and enlarges that organ... While the permanent disuse of any organ imperceptibly weakens and deteriorates it, and progressively diminishes its functional capacity, until it finally disappears.
SECOND LAW: All the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature in individuals... Are preserved by reproductions to the new individuals which arise.

Jean-Baptiste Lamark

Philosophie Zoologique

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Topic
Evolution

Author

Jean-Baptiste Lamark
Source
Philosophie Zoologique
Language
French
Time
1809 1800s 19th century
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Original Citation

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste. Philosophie zoologique [Zoological Philosophy]. Paris: Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, 1809, pt. 1, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste. Zoological Philosophy, translated by Hugh Samuel Roger Elliott. Cambridge University Press, 2011, pt. 1, ch. 7.

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Was ever book containing such vile matter
So fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell
In such a gorgeous palace!

William Shakespeare

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Beauty is skin deep Looks are deceiving Beauty Appearance vs. reality
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Juliet Capulet

Author

William Shakespeare
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Question Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1597 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. London: John Danter, 1597, act 3, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Romeo and Juliet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 2.