'Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but death and taxes.

Christopher Bullock

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Topic

Certainty Death Taxes

Speaker

Toby Guzzle

Author

Christopher Bullock

Source

The Cobler of Preston, a Farce

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedic play

Language

English

Time

1716 1710s 18th century

Occupation

Playwright Actor Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Bullock, Christopher. The Cobler of Preston. 24 Jan. 1716, Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, London, England, UK.

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To err is human, to forgive divine.

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Topic
Mistakes Forgiveness

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Alexander Pope
Source
An Essay on Criticism
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1711 1710s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Pope, Alexander, [published anonymously]. "An Essay on Criticism." London: W. Lewis, 1711, l. 526.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "An Essay on Criticism." The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 2, I. 526.

Another quote about Death

Death is the side of life which is turned away from us.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Topic
Mystery of death Death

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke
Medium
Letter
Language
German
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letter to Witold von Hulewicz. 13 Nov. 1925.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1910-1926, translated by Jane Bannard Greene and M. D. Herter Norton. W. W. Norton & Company, 1969.