No one can be good for long when goodness is not in demand.

Keiner kann lang gut sein, wenn nicht Güte verlangt wird.

Bertolt Brecht

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Topic

Incentives Character

Speaker

The First God

Author

Bertolt Brecht

Source

The Good Woman of Setzuan

Medium

Play

Language

German

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

From

Germany Europe

Authentication Score 3

Current Citation

Brecht, Bertoldt. The Good Woman of Setzuan. Translated by Eric Bentley. U of Minnesota P, 1999, sc. 2.

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A great ball of fire about a mile in diameter, changing colors as it kept shooting upward, from deep purple to orange, expanding, growing bigger, rising as it was expanding, an elemental force freed from its bonds after being chained for billions of years.

William L. Laurence

The New York Times

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William L. Laurence
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The New York Times
Medium
Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
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Henry Fielding

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Author

Henry Fielding
Source
Tom Jones
Medium
Novel
Genre
Coming of age story Picaresque
Language
English
Time
1749 1740s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Fielding, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. Vol. 4, London: A. Millar, 1749, bk. 15, ch. 1

Current Citation

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Show me a good loser and I will show you a failure.

Knute Rockne

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Topic
Sportsmanship Losers
Speaker
Knute Rockne
Language
English
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Rockne, Knute. Quoted in Washington Post. 15 Aug. 1943.

Another quote originally in German

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world…it is the opium of the people.

Karl Marx

Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right

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Author

Karl Marx
Source
Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1844 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtspilosophie. [A Critique of Hegel's "Philosophy of Right"]. 1944.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. A Critique of Hegel's "Philosophy of Right". Cambridge University Press, Aug. 4, 2009.