Grief is a species of idleness.

Samuel Johnson

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Grief Mourning

Author

Samuel Johnson

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Letter

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1773 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Letter to Mrs. Thrale. 17 Mar. 1773.

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Such is the delight of mental superiority , that none on, whom nature or study have conferred it, would purchase the gifts of fortune by its loss.

Samuel Johnson

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Intelligence

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Samuel Johnson
Language
English
Time
1751 1750s 18th century
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Citation

Johnson, Samuel. The Rambler. London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 24 Aug. 1751.

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The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.

Alexander Hamilton

New-York Gazetteer

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Natural law

Author

Alexander Hamilton
Source
The Farmer Refuted New-York Gazetteer
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1775 1770s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "The Farmer Refuted." New-York Gazetteer. New York: James Rivington, 23 Feb. 1775.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "The Farmer Refuted &c., [23 February] 1775." Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0057.

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In such condition there is no place for industry, because the fruit thereof is uncertain... And the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

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Topic
State of nature Anarchy Government

Author

Thomas Hobbes
Source
Leviathan
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1651 1650s 17th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil. London: Andrew Crooke, 1651, pt. 1, ch. 13.

Current Citation

Hobbes, Thomas. Leviathan, edited by Christopher Brooke. Penguin Classics, 2017, pt. 1, ch. 13.

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War is capitalism with the gloves off.

Tom Stoppard

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Nature of war Military industrial complex
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Tristan Tzara

Author

Tom Stoppard
Source
Travesties
Medium
Play
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1974 1970s 20th century
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Original Citation

Stoppard, Tom. Travesties. Royal Shakespeare Company, 10 June 1974, Aldwych Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1.

Current Citation

Stoppard, Tom. Travesties. Grove Press, 1994, act 1.