The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.

Mark Twain

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Topic

Forbidden fruit Coveting

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1895 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Humorist Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 23. Originally from Notebook, c. 1895.

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What the Mediterranean Sea was to the Greeks, breaking the bond of custom, offering new experiences, calling out new institutions and activities, that, and more, the ever retreating frontier has been to the United States directly, and to the nations of Europe more remotely. And now, four centuries from the discovery of America, at the end of a hundred years of life under the Constitution, the frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history.

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Topic
American frontier

Author

Frederick Jackson Turner
Source
The Significance of the Frontier in American History
Medium
Essay
Genre
Historical literature
Language
English
Time
1893 1890s 19th century
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Citation

Turner, Frederick Jackson. "The Significance of the Frontier in American History." American Historical Association meeting. 1893, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL, USA.

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How apt the poor are to be proud!

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night, Or What You Will

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Topic
The poor
Speaker
Olivia

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
Medium
Play
Genre
Comedy (play) Romantic comedy (play)
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1602 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 1.

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Shakespeare, William. "Twelfth Night." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 1.