Oh why was I born with a different face?
Why was I not born like the rest of my race?

William Blake

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Topic

Fitting in

Author

William Blake

Source

O! why was I born with a different face?

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1803 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Artist Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Blake, William. Letter to Thomas Butts. Aug. 1803.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "[To] Mr. Butts August 16, 1803 'O why was I born with a different face.'" The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake. University of California Press, 2008.

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And throughout all eternity
I forgive you, you forgive me.

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Topic
Forgiveness

Author

William Blake
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1804 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. Poem written in his notebook. c. 1804.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "My Spectre around me night & day." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

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Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Topic
Military strategy

Author

Napoleon Bonaparte
Source
History of Europe
Language
French
Time
1805 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Bonaparte, Napoleon. Quoted in History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815, written by Archibald Alison. Vol. 5, Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1841.

Another quote of the following type Question

For what should a man live, if not for the pleasures of discourse?

Plato

Phaedrus

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Topic
Good conversation Purpose of life
Speaker
Phaedrus

Author

Plato
Source
Phaedrus
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Question
Language
Greek
Time
370 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Φαῖδρος [Phaedrus], written by Plato. c. 370 BC, section 258e.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in "Phaedrus." Plato: Lysis; Symposium; Phaedrus, written by Plato, translated by Christopher Emlyn-Jones and William Preddy. Harvard University Press, 2022, sect. 258e.