What are men to rocks and mountains?

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

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Men Spending time in nature Nature

Speaker

Elizabeth Bennet

Author

Jane Austen

Source

Pride and Prejudice

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 2, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 4.

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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 4.

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You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing.

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

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Jane Austen
Source
Pride and Prejudice
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Irony
Language
English
Time
1813 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 3, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 15.

Current Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 15.

Another quote from the 1810s

Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?

Tecumseh

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Property rights
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Tecumseh
Language
English
Time
1810 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
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Tecumseh. Speech to General William Henry Harrison. 14 Aug. 1810, Council at Vincennes, Indiana Territory, USA.

Current Citation

Tecumseh. Quoted in A History of the Indians of the United States, written by Angie Debo. University of Oklahoma Press, 2013.

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In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

Aristotle

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Topic
Beauty of nature Nature

Author

Aristotle
Source
On the Parts of Animals
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
Greek
Time
350 BC 350s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Aristotle. Περὶ ζῴων μορίων [Parts of Animals]. c. 350 BC.

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Aristotle. "Parts of Animals I." Aristotle: Generation of Animals & History of Animals 1, Parts of Animals 1, translated by C. D. C. Reeve. Hackett Publications, 2019.

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I'm funny how? I mean, funny like I'm a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh? I'm here to fuckin' amuse you?... How the fuck am I funny? What the fuck is so funny about me? Tell me, tell me what's funny.

Joe Pesci

Goodfellas

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Tommy DeVito
Actor
Joe Pesci
Source
Goodfellas
Medium
Film
Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1990 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
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Goodfellas. Directed by Martin Scorsese, Warner Bros., 1990.