Calumnies are answered best with silence.

Ben Jonson

Volpone

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Topic

Slander

Speaker

Sir Politic

Author

Ben Jonson

Source

Volpone

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1606 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Jonson, Ben. Volpone. King's Men. Spring 1606, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Jonson, Ben. "Volpone." Ben Jonson: Five Plays, edited by G. A. Wilkes. Oxford University Press, 2009, act 2, sc. 2.

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There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

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Topic
Timing Randomness Fortune Tides The human condition
Speaker
Brutus

Author

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Source
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Medium
Play
Genre
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Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1599 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 3.

Current Citation

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

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Hello babies. Welcome to earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies- "God damn it, you've got to be kind."

Kurt Vonnegut

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Topic
Kindness How to behave
Speaker
Eliot Rosewater

Author

Kurt Vonnegut
Source
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965, ch. 7.