Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies.

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations

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Topic

Curiosity Questions

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

Great Expectations

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 1 Dec. 1860, issue 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 2.

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Topic
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Author

Isabella Mary Beeton
Source
The Book of Household Management
Language
English
Time
1861 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Beeton, Isabella. The Book of Household Management. S. O. Beeton Publishing, 1861, ch. 2.

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Our chief want in life is, somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Considerations by the Way

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Topic
Reaching one's potential

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Considerations by the Way The Conduct of Life
Medium
Essay
Language
English
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Considerations by the Way." The Conduct of Life. Boston: Ticknor & Fields/London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1860.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Considerations by the Way." The Conduct of Life, edited by Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, and Douglas Emory Wilson. Vol. 6, Belknap Press, 2004.

Another quote of the following type Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic
Appreciation Scarcity

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1746 1740s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1746.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1746." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.