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Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

Charles Darwin

The Descent of Man

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Topic

Ignorance Science

Author

Charles Darwin

Source

The Descent of Man

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1871 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1871, introduction.

Current Citation

Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man. Penguin Classics, 2004, introduction.

Integrity has no need of rules.

Albert Camus

The Myth of Sisyphus

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Topic

Personal integrity Law

Author

Albert Camus

Source

The Myth of Sisyphus

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1942 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Camus, Albert. Le Mythe de Sisyphe [The Myth of Sisyphus]. Éditions Gallimard, 1942.

Let us now suppose that in the mind of each man there is an aviary of all sorts of birds-some flocking together apart from the rest, others in small groups, others solitary, flying anywhere and everywhere... We may suppose that the birds are kinds of knowledge, and that when we were children, the receptacle was empty; whenever a man has gotten and detained in the enclosure a kind of knowledge, he may be said to have learned or discovered the thing which is the subject of the knowledge: and this is to know.

Socrates

Quoted in Theaetetus, by Plato

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Topic

Epistemology Nature of knowledge Knowledge Learning

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Theaetetus

Medium

Philosophical dialogue Dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Greek

Time

369 BC 360s BC 4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Θεαίτητος [Theaetetus], written by Plato. c. 369 BC.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Theaetetus, written by Plato, translated by John McDowell. Oxford University Press, 2014.

Money alone sets all the world in motion.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Topic

Power of money Money

Author

Publilius Syrus

Source

Sententiae

Medium

Epigram

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

Latin

Time

43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.

Love her, love her, love her! If she favours you, love her. If she wounds you, love her. If she tears your heart to pieces,—and as it gets older and stronger it will tear deeper,—love her, love her, love her!

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

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Topic

Vulnerability Commitment Love

Speaker

Miss Havisham

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

Great Expectations

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 30 Mar. 1861, issue 17, ch. 29.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 29.

Then let thy love be younger than thyself,
Or thy affection cannot hold the bent.
For women are as roses, whose fair flower,
Being once displayed, doth fall that very hour.

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night, Or What You Will

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Topic

Beauty fades

Speaker

Duke Orsino

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Twelfth Night, Or What You Will

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play) Romantic comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1602 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 4.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Twelfth Night." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 4.

He is the half part of a blessèd man,
Left to be finishèd by such as she,
And she a fair divided excellence,
Whose fullness of perfection lies in him.

William Shakespeare

The Life and Death of King John

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Topic

Relationships Men and women

Speaker

First Citizen

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Life and Death of King John

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Life and Death of King John." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "King John." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

A pity beyond all telling
Is hid in the heart of love.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Love and pain Love

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

The Pity of Love

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1893 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Pity of Love." The Rose. 1893.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Pity of Love." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

She moves in mysterious ways.

U2

Mysterious Ways

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Topic

Holy Spirit God

Speaker

U2

Source

Mysterious Ways Achtung Baby

Medium

Song

Genre

Rock music

Language

English

Time

1991 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Bono. "Mysterious Ways." Performed by U2. Achtung Baby. Island Records, 1991.

Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Self-expression Art

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Language

German

Time

1840 1840s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Spruche in Prosa Maximen und Reflexionen [Sayings in Prose, Maxims and Reflections]. 1819, no. 739.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005, no. 739.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form
Of every thought the greatest artist has.

Michelangelo

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Topic

Untapped potential Art

Author

Michelangelo

Source

Sonnet 15

Medium

Poem

Language

Italian

Time

1564 1560s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Michelangelo. Non ha l' ottimo artista [The Lover and the Sculptor]. c. 1623.

Current Citation

Michelangelo. "Sonnet 15: The Lover and the Sculptor." Sonnets, translated by Elizabeth Jennings. Routledge, 2002.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary

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Topic

Limits of language Language

Author

Gustave Flaubert

Source

Madame Bovary

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary: Moeurs de Province [Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners]. Revue de Paris, 1 Oct. 1856 - 15 Dec. 1856. Serial.

Current Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary, edited and translated by Lydia Davis. Penguin Classics, 2011, pt. 2, ch. 12.

It is part of human nature to hate the man you have hurt.

Tacitus

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Topic

Hurting others Hate Human nature

Author

Tacitus

Source

Agricola

Genre

Biography

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Latin

Time

56 50s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Tacitus. Agricola. c. 98.

Current Citation

Tacitus. "Agricola." Agricola and Germany, translated by Anthony Birley. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Shut your eyes and see.

James Joyce

Ulysses

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Topic

Perception Observation

Author

James Joyce

Source

Ulysses

Medium

Novel

Genre

Modernist literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands Zen koan

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Joyce, James. Ulysses. Shakespeare and Company, 1922, bk. 1, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Joyce, James. The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses: The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes, edited by Catherine Flynn. Cambridge University Press, 2022, ch. 3.

Moods don't last.
It is their chief charm.

Oscar Wilde

A Woman of No Importance

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Moods

Speaker

Mrs. Allonby and Lord Illingworth

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

A Woman of No Importance

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1893 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. A Woman of No Importance. 1893, Haymarket Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "A Woman of No Importance." The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 1.

All that is human must retrograde if it do not advance.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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The only constant is change Change

Author

Edward Gibbon

Source

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 6, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1789, ch. 71.

Current Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 6. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 71.

The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

Nature of the world Science The world

Author

Albert Einstein

Source

Physics and Reality The Journal of the Franklin Institute

Medium

Academic journal

Genre

Scientific literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Einstein, Albert. "Physics and Reality." The Journal of the Franklin Institute, Mar. 1936.

Current Citation

Einstein, Albert. "Physics and Reality." The Essential Einstein: His Greatest Works. Penguin, 2008, ch. 13.

Sleep is sweet to the laboring man.

John Bunyan

The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that Which is to Come

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Sleep as balm Sleep

Speaker

Hope

Author

John Bunyan

Source

The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that Which is to Come

Medium

Allegory

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1678 1670s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that Which is to Come. London: Nathaniel Ponder, 1678, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress, edited by Roger Pooley. Penguin Classics, 2009, pt. 1.

Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh just, subtle, and mighty opium.

Thomas De Quincey

London Magazine

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Topic

Opium Drugs

Author

Thomas De Quincey

Source

Confessions of an English Opium Eater London Magazine

Medium

Magazine

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

De Quincey, Thomas [published anonymously]. "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater." The London Magazine, Sept. - Oct., 1821.

Current Citation

De Quincey, Thomas. "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater." Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and Other Writings, edited by Robert Morrison. Oxford University Press, 2013.

What I did that was new was to prove... That the class struggle necessarily leads to the dictatorship of the proletariat.

Karl Marx

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Topic

Class conflict Communism Nature of history History

Author

Karl Marx

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Marx, Karl. Letter to Joseph Weydemeyer. 5 Mar. 1852.

Current Citation

Marx, Karl. "Marx to Joseph Weydemeyer. 5 Mar. 1852." Marx & Engels Collected Works. Vol. 39, International Publishers, 1983.