Have no friends who are not of equal (moral) caliber.

無友不如己者。

Confucius

Quoted in Analects

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Topic

Equality in friendship Equality Friendship

Speaker

Confucius

Source

Analects

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Chinese

Time

221 BC 220s BC 3rd century BC

Occupation

Philosopher

From

China Asia

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Original Citation

Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.

Current Citation

Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of the Revolutionary fathers.

Calvin Coolidge

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Calvin Coolidge
Medium
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Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1926 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Coolidge, Calvin. Speech on the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 150th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. 5 July 1926, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

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Every Communist must grasp the truth: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

Mao Zedong

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Power Political theory Politics
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Mao Zedong
Medium
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Genre
Political speech
Language
Chinese
Time
1938 1930s 20th century
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Citation

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Another quote of the following type Advice

Press not a falling man too far!

William Shakespeare

Henry VIII

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Topic
Pushing one's limits
Speaker
Lord Chamberlain

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Henry VIII
Medium
Play
Genre
History (play)
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1613 1610s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William and John Fletcher. Henry VIII. King's Men, 1613, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Henry the Eighth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblattet al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 2.