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I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic

Love of money Money Wealth

Speaker

Undershaft

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Major Barbara

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play)

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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Shaw, George Bernard. Major Barbara. 28 Nov. 1905, Court Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2.

Current Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. Major Barbara. Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Oxford University Press, 2021, act 3.

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.

Samuel Beckett

Waiting for Godot

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Topic

Shortness of life Ephemeral nature of life Life The human condition

Speaker

Pozzo

Author

Samuel Beckett

Source

Waiting for Godot

Medium

Play

Genre

Modernist literature

Language

French

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Beckett, Samuel. En attendant Godot. Directed by Roger Blin. 5 Jan. 1953, Théâtre de Babylone, Paris, France.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic

Intellectual history

Speaker

The Grand Duchess

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1918 1910s 20th century

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Shaw, George Bernard. Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress. 21 Jan. 1918, Coliseum Theatre, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress." Selected Short Plays, edited by Dan H. Laurence. Penguin, 1988.

No, there's nothing half so sweet in life
As love's young dream.

Thomas Moore

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Topic

New love Falling in love Love

Author

Thomas Moore

Source

Love's Young Dream

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1807 1800s 19th century

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Citation

Moore, Thomas. "Love's Young Dream." A Selection of Irish Melodies. London: J. Power's, 1808.

The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.

Samuel Beckett

Murphy

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Topic

Same old same old Ennui Malaise The sun

Author

Samuel Beckett

Source

Murphy

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Beckett, Samuel. Murphy. Routledge, 1938, ch. 1.

Vitality in a woman is a blind fury of creation.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic

Women

Speaker

Tanner

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

Man and Superman

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play)

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "Man and Superman." Man and Superman, John Bull's Other Island, and Major Barbara. Oxford University Press, 2021, act 1. Originally published by Archibald and Constable & Co., Ltd, 1903.

You should always except the present company.

John O'Keeffe

The London Hermit

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Topic

Politeness Manners

Speaker

First Lady

Author

John O'Keeffe

Source

The London Hermit

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms Advice

Language

English

Time

1793 1790s 18th century

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Citation

O'Keeffe, John. The London Hermit; or, Rambles in Dorsetshire. 1793, Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 2.

I see the rural virtues leave the land.

Oliver Goldsmith

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Topic

Rural vs. urban Urbanization

Author

Oliver Goldsmith

Source

The Deserted Village

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1770 1770s 18th century

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Citation

Goldsmith, Oliver. The Deserted Village. London: W. Griffin, 1770, I. 398.

Nothing in progression can rest on its original plan. We may as well think of rocking a grown man in the cradle of an infant.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Progress The only constant is change

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Letters of Edmund Burke

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1777 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. A Letter to John Farr and John Harris, Esqs., Sheriffs of the City of Bristol, on the Affairs of America. London: J. Dodsley, 3 Apr. 1777.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "A Letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol on the Affairs of America." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed which is perpetually to be conquered.

On Conciliation with America

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Topic

Use of force Civil unrest Political theory Politics

Speaker

Edmund Burke

Source

On Conciliation with America

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1775 1770s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

Authentication Score 2

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Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Conciliation with America." House of Commons. 22 Mar. 1775, Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

The Critic

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Topic

Thinking for oneself

Speaker

Mr. Puff

Author

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Source

The Critic

Medium

Play

Genre

Satire (play) Satire

Language

English

Time

1779 1770s 18th century

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Citation

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The Critic. 1779, Drury Lane Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 2.

We cannot judge either of the feelings of the character of men with perfect accuracy, from their actions or their appearance in public; it is from their careless conversation, their half-finished sentences, that we may hope with the greatest probability of success to discover their real characters.

Maria Edgeworth

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Topic

Public vs. private person Character

Author

Maria Edgeworth

Source

Castle Rackrent

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1800 1800s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Edgeworth, Maria. Castle Rackrent. London: J. Johnson, 1800, preface.

Current Citation

Edgeworth, Maria. Castle Rackrent, edited by Ryan Twomey. W. W. Norton & Company, 2014, preface.

Selfhood begins with a walking away,
And love is proved in the letting go.

Cecil Day-Lewis

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Topic

Letting go Love

Author

Cecil Day-Lewis

Source

Walking Away The Gate, and Other Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Day-Lewis, Cecil. "Walking Away." The Gate, and Other Poems. London: Jonathan Cape, 1962, I. 19.

To complain of the age we live in, to murmur at the present possessors of power, to lament the past, to conceive extravagant hopes of the future, are the common dispositions of the greatest part of mankind.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

The good old days Human nature

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontent

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1770 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents. London: J. Dodsley, 1770.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Thoughts on the Present Discontents." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

Where wealth and freedom reign, contentment fails,
And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

Oliver Goldsmith

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Topic

Moral decline Morality Capitalism

Author

Oliver Goldsmith

Source

The Traveller

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1764 1760s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Citation

Goldsmith, Oliver. The Traveller; or, a Prospect of Society. London: John Newbery, 1764.

What a misfortune it is to be born a woman!... Why seek for knowledge, which can prove only that our wretchedness is irremediable? If a ray of light break in upon us, it is but to make darkness more visible; to show us the narrow limits, the Gothic structure, the impenetrable barriers of our prison.

Maria Edgeworth

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Topic

Oppression of women Women

Author

Maria Edgeworth

Source

Leonora

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1806 1800s 19th century

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Citation

Edgeworth, Maria. Leonora. London: J. Johnson, 1806, letter 1.

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; thats the essence of inhumanity.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic

Indifference

Speaker

Anderson

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

The Devil's Disciple

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play)

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

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Shaw, George Bernard. The Devil's Disciple. 4 Oct. 1897, Fifth Avenue Theatre, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, act 2.

Current Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "The Devil's Disciple." Arms and the Man, the Devil's Disciple, and Caesar and Cleopatra. Oxford UP, 2021, act 2.

Our greatest glory is, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Oliver Goldsmith

The Citizen of the World

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Topic

Overcoming adversity Adversity

Author

Oliver Goldsmith

Source

The Citizen of the World

Medium

Novel

Genre

Satire

Language

English

Time

1761 1760s 18th century

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Citation

Goldsmith, Oliver. "Letter VII." The Citizen of the World; or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher. Dublin: George and Alex. Ewing, 1762. Originally published in The Public Ledger, Jan. 1760 - Aug. 1761.

We must soften into a credulity below the milkiness of infancy, to think all men virtuous. We must be tainted with a malignity truly diabolical, to believe all the world to be equally wicked and corrupt.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Human nature Original sin Virtue Perspective

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontent

Medium

Pamphlet

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1770 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents. London: J. Dodsley, 1770.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Thoughts on the Present Discontents." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009.

Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. They give their whole form and color to our lives.

Edmund Burke

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Topic

Manners Custom and convention

Author

Edmund Burke

Source

Two Letters to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France

Medium

Open letter Letter

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1796 1790s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Burke, Edmund. Two Letters to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France. London: F. and C. Rivington, 1796, letter 1.

Current Citation

Burke, Edmund. Letters on a Regicide Peace." The Portable Edmund Burke, edited by Isaac Kramnick. Penguin, 2009, letter 1.