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Good counselors lack no clients.

William Shakespeare

Measure for Measure

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Topic

Lawyers

Speaker

Pompey Bum

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Measure for Measure

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Measure for Measure." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 2.

Current Citation

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

And the wind shall say:
"Here were decent godless people:
Their only monument the asphalt road
And a thousand lost golf balls."

T.S. Eliot

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Topic

Disenchanted world Modern life

Speaker

Second Male Voice

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

The Rock

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Rock. 1934, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 1.

To conquer without risk is to triumph without glory.

Pierre Corneille

Le Cid

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Topic

Winning Taking risks

Speaker

Don Gomes, Le Comte

Author

Pierre Corneille

Source

Le Cid

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragicomedy

Language

French

Time

1636 1630s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Corneille, Pierre. Le Cid. Dec. 1636, Theatre du Marais, Paris, France, act 2, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Corneille, Pierre. "The Cid." The Cid, Cinna, The Theatrical Illusion, translated by John Cairncross. Penguin Classics, 1976.

Frailty, thy name is woman!

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Topic

Women

Speaker

Hamlet

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 2.

Current Citation

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

Where is the wisdom we have lost in
knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in
information?

T.S. Eliot

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Topic

Wisdom Knowledge Information

Speaker

Chorus

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

The Rock

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1934 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Rock. 1934, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 1.

Success is relative:
It is what we can make of the mess we have
made of things.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic

Success

Speaker

Agatha

Author

T.S. Eliot

Source

The Family Reunion

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Family Reunion. Performed by Michael Redgrave, Helen Haye, and Catherine Lacey. 1939, Westminster Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 2, sc. 3.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Heinrich Heine

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Book burning Censorship Freedom of speech and expression Freedom Totalitarianism

Author

Heinrich Heine

Source

Almansor

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play

Language

German

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Heine, Heinrich. Almansor. 1821.

You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"

George Bernard Shaw

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Thinking outside the box Thinking big Creativity

Speaker

The Serpent

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 (In the Garden of Eden) Back to Methuselah

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "In the Beginning: B.C. 4004." Back to Methuselah. Penguin, 1988, pt. 1, act 1. Originally published by Constable/Brentano's, 1921.

What was once thought can never be unthought.

Friedrich Durrenmatt

The Physicists

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Topic

Intellectual progress

Speaker

Mobius

Author

Friedrich Durrenmatt

Source

The Physicists

Medium

Play

Language

German

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Durrenmatt, Friedrich. Die Physiker [The Physicists]. 1962, Zurich, Switzerland, act 2.

Current Citation

Durrenmatt, Friedrich. The Physicists, translated by Joel Agee. Grove Press, 2010, act 2.

Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Topic

Insanity Powerful people

Speaker

King Claudius

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 3, sc. 1.

Current Citation

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

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.

William Shakespeare

Macbeth

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Topic

Absurdity of life The absurd Life as performance Ephemeral nature of life Life

Speaker

Macbeth

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Macbeth

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 5, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Macbeth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 5.

There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

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Topic

Timing Randomness Fortune Tides The human condition

Speaker

Brutus

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Julius Caesar

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play) Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1599 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 3.

Current Citation

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

The whirligig of time brings in his revenges.

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night

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Topic

Passage of time Time Comeuppance

Speaker

Clown

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Twelfth Night

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 5, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Twelfth Night." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 5, sc. 1.

Life teaches us to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Iphigenia in Tauris

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Topic

Mellowing with age Life lessons

Speaker

Pylades

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Iphigenia in Tauris

Medium

Play

Language

German

Time

1787 1780s 18th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Iphigenie auf Tauris [Iphigenia in Taurus]. 1779, Ducal private theater, Weimar, Germany, act 4, sc. 4.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Iphigenia in Tauris." Goethe: The Collected Works: Verse Plays and Epic, edited by Cyrus Hamlin and Frank Ryder. Vol. 8, Princeton University Press, 1995, act 4, sc. 4.

We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

Anton Chekhov

Uncle Vanya

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Topic

Heaven The afterlife

Speaker

Sonya

Author

Anton Chekhov

Source

Uncle Vanya

Medium

Play

Language

Russian

Time

1898 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Chekhov, Anton. Dyadya Vanya. 1897, act 4.

Current Citation

Chekhov, Anton. "Uncle Vanya." Plays: Ivanov; The Seagull' Uncle Vanya; Three Sisters; The Cherry Orchard, translated by Peter Carson. Penguin Classics, 2002, act 4.

How poor are they that have not patience!
What wound did ever heal but by degrees?

William Shakespeare

Othello

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Topic

Healing Impatience Patience

Speaker

Iago

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Othello

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1604 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Othello. King's Men, 1 Nov. 1604, Palace of Whitehall, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 3.

Current Citation

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

Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend in vain.

Friedrich Schiller

The Maid of Orleans

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Topic

Stupidity

Speaker

Talbot

Author

Friedrich Schiller

Source

The Maid of Orleans

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1801 1800s 19th century

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Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. Die Jungfrau von Orleans [The Maid of Orleans]. 11 Sept 1801, Leipzig, Germany, act 3, sc. 6.

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks,
Shall win my love.

William Shakespeare

The Taming of the Shrew

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Pursuing women Kindness Women's attractiveness

Speaker

Hortensio

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Taming of the Shrew

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1594 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. The Taming of the Shrew. London: Cuthbert Burbie, 1594, act 4, sc. 2.

Current Citation

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

We know what we are but know not what we may be.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Topic

Self-knowledge Human potential

Speaker

Ophelia

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 4, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 5.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic

Assassination Censorship

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1909 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet: A Sermon in Crude Melodrama. 10 Apr. 1909, Abby Theatre of Dublin, Liverpool, England, UK, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet." Playlets. Oxford University Press, 2021, pt. 1.