One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name.

Thomas Osbert Mordaunt

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Topic

Glory

Author

Thomas Osbert Mordaunt

Language

English

Time

1791 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Mordaunt, Thomas Osbert. "A Poem, said to be written by Major Mordaunt during the last German War. Never before published." The Bee, 12 Oct. 1791.

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All inequality that has no special utility to justify it is injustice.

Jeremy Bentham

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Topic
Moral theory Economic inequality Inequality

Author

Jeremy Bentham
Language
English
Time
1795 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Bentham, Jeremy. Supply Without Burthen; or Escheat Vice Taxation. London: J. Debrett, 1795.

Current Citation

Bentham, Jeremy. "Supply Without Burthen; or Escheat Vice Taxation." Jeremy Bentham's Economic Writings, edited by Werner Stark. Vol. 1, Routledge, 2003.