I know that's a secret, for it's whispered everywhere.

William Congreve

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Topic

Secrets

Speaker

Tattle

Author

William Congreve

Source

Love for Love

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1695 1690s 17th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Congreve, William. Love for Love. 30 Apr. 1695, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Congreve, William. "Love for Love." The Way of the World and Other Plays, edited by Eric S. Rump. Penguin Classics, 2006, act 3, sc. 3.

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Look round the habitable world! how few
Know their own good; or knowing it, pursue.

John Dryden

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Topic
Self-knowledge
Speaker
Juvenal

Author

John Dryden
Source
Satire 10 The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Medium
Poem
Language
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Time
1693 1690s 17th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Dryden, John, translator. "The Tenth Satyr of Juvenal." The Satyrs of Decimus Junius Juvenalis, written by Juvenal. London: Jacob Tonson, 1693, l. 1.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "The Tenth Satire of Juvenal." The Major Works, edited by Keith Walker. Oxford UP, 2003, l. 1.