However we do praise ourselves,
Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm,
More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn,
Than women’s are.

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night

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Topic

Flaws of men Men and women

Speaker

Duke Orsino

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Twelfth Night

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play) Romantic comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1602 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 4.

Current Citation

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

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Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it the utmost passion of her heart!

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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850, ch. 15.

Current Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter, edited by Brian Harding. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 15.

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All rising to great place is by a winding stair.

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Topic
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Francis Bacon
Source
Of Great Place Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1625 1620s 17th century
Era
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Bacon, Francis "Of Great Place." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

Current Citation

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