I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.

Tira

I'm No Angel

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Topic

Promiscuity

Speaker

Tira

Actor

Mae West

Source

I'm No Angel

Medium

Film

Genre

Romantic comedy (film) Romantic comedy

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

I'm No Angel. Directed by Wesley Ruggles, Paramount Pictures, 1933.

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What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one.

Margaret Mitchell

Gone with the Wind

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Topic
Decline of civilization

Author

Margaret Mitchell
Source
Gone with the Wind
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Macmillan Publishers, 1936, pt. 2, ch. 9.

Current Citation

Mitchell, Margaret. Gone with the Wind. Scribner, 2007, pt. 2, ch. 9.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic
Appreciation Scarcity

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1746 1740s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1746.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1746." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.