You know, Mr. Bernstein, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man.

Citizen Kane

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Counterfactual history Downsides of wealth Wealth

Speaker

Kane

Actor

Orson Welles

Source

Citizen Kane

Medium

Film

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Citizen Kane. Directed by Orson Welles. RKO Radio Pictures/Mercury Productions, 1941.

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1949 1940s 20th century
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Von Mises, Ludwig. Human Action: A Treatise on Economics. Yale University Press, 1949, ch. 27.

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No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

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Matthew 6:24

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Jesus
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Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Time
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Era
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 6:24).

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What is morality in any given time or place? It is what the majority then and there happen to like, and immorality is what they dislike.

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Moral relativism Moral theory Morality
Speaker
Alfred North Whitehead
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead, edited by Lucien Price. David. R. Godine, 2008, ch. 22. Originally from dialogue with Lucien Price, 30 Aug. 1941.

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Talk or dance, but, don't do both things at the same time.

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Gilda
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Gilda
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Film
Genre
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Time
1946 1940s 20th century
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Gilda. Directed by Charles Vidor, Columbia Pictures, 1946.

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Heraclitus
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B12.

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