How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.

Alexander Pope

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Death of friends Friends Death Loss Mourning

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

Letters of Alexander Pope

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1732 1730s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Poet Writer

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Pope, Alexander and John Arbuthnot. Letter to Jonathan Swift. 5 Dec. 1732.

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Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Hard work Diligence Persistence Good luck Luck

Author

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Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
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Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
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English
Time
1736 1730s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1736.

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

Another quote about Friends

I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?

Stand By Me

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Topic
Childhood friends Friendship Friends
Speaker
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Source
Stand By Me
Medium
Film
Genre
Coming of age (film) Coming of age
Language
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Time
1986 1980s 20th century
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Stand By Me. Directed by Rob Reiner, Act III Productions, 1986.

Another quote from Age of Enlightenment

The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men,
Gang aft a-gley,
An' lea'e us nought but grief and pain,
For promis'd joy.

Robert Burns

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Topic
Making plans Dashed hopes Fate The unexpected

Author

Robert Burns
Source
To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With the Plough.
Medium
Poem
Language
Scots
Time
1785 1780s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Burns, Robert. "To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest With the Plough, November, 1785." Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Kilmarnock: John Wilson, 1786.

Current Citation

Burns, Robert. "To a Mouse." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited by Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994.