What female heart can gold despise?
What cat's averse to fish?

Thomas Gray

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Topic

Nature of women Jewelry

Author

Thomas Gray

Source

Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1748 1740s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Gray, Thomas. "Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat." 1748.

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Remember that Time is Money.

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Author

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Source
Advice to a Young Tradesman The American Instructor: or Young Man's Best Companion
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1748 1740s 18th century
Era
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Franklin, Benjamin. "Advice to a Young Tradesman." The American Instructor: or Young Man's Best Companion. Philadelphia: George Fisher, 1748.

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I think, therefore I am.

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Nature of man

Author

René Descartes
Source
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Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1637 1630s 17th century
Era
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Authentication Score 2
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Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

Bad herdsmen ruin their flocks.

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Author

Homer
Source
The Odyssey
Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Odyssey. 8th century BC, bk. 17, l. 246.

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Homer. The Odyssey. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin, 1999, bk. 17, l. 246.