Irony

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Time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

Hector Berlioz

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Topic

Effects of time Time

Author

Hector Berlioz

Source

Letters of Hector Berlioz

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Irony

Language

French

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Berlioz, Hector. Personal letter. Nov. 1856.

Please accept my resignation. I don't care to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.

Groucho Marx

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Topic

Social status Man as social animal

Author

Groucho Marx

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Marx, Groucho. Letter to President of Hollywood Club. c. 1949.

The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

Herbert Agar

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Topic

Truth hurts Truth Willful ignorance Freedom

Author

Herbert Agar

Source

A Time for Greatness

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Agar, Herbert. A Time for Greatness. Little, Brown and Company, 1942.

You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing.

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

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Topic

Forgiveness

Speaker

Mr. Bennet

Author

Jane Austen

Source

Pride and Prejudice

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1813 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Vol. 3, London: Thomas Egerton, 1813, ch. 15.

Current Citation

Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Penguin Books, 2002, ch. 15.

There is no racial bigotry here! I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops, or greasers! Here, you are all equally worthless!

Gunnery Sargent Hartman

Full Metal Jacket

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Topic

Equality Racism Bigotry

Speaker

Gunnery Sargent Hartman

Actor

Ronald Lee Ermey

Source

Full Metal Jacket

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Full Metal Jacket. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Natant/Harrier Films, 1987.

A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Topic

Circle of life Interconnectedness of all things

Speaker

Hamlet

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 4, sc. 3.

Current Citation

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

One might perhaps say that this very thing is probable, that many things happen to men that are not probable.

Agathon

Quoted in Rhetoric, by Aristotle

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Topic

Probability The human condition

Speaker

Agathon

Author

Aristotle

Source

Rhetoric

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Irony Paradox

Language

Greek

Time

4th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Agathon. Quoted in Ῥητορική [Rhetoric], written by Aristotle. c. 350 BC.

Current Citation

Agathon. Quoted in Rhetoric, written by Aristotle, translated by W. Rhys Roberts. Dover Publications, 2004.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

Mark Twain

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

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Topic

Self-hatred Self-criticism Ego

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World

Genre

Travel writing

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Twain, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1897, ch. 29.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "Following the Equator." Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels, edited by Roy Blount Jr. Library of America, 2010, ch. 29.

You're talking about mass murder, General, not war!

Dr. Strangelove

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Topic

War

Speaker

President Merkin Muffley

Actor

Peter Sellers

Source

Dr. Strangelove

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) War (film) Black comedy War

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dr. Strangelove. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Hawk Films, 1964.

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!

Dr. Strangelove

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Topic

War

Speaker

President Merkin Muffley

Actor

Peter Sellers

Source

Dr. Strangelove

Medium

Film

Genre

Black comedy (film) War (film) Black comedy War

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dr. Strangelove. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Hawk Films, 1964.

America is great indeed. Imagine a country so free, one can throw glass on the streets!

Prince Akeem

Coming to America

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Topic

American freedom America

Speaker

Prince Akeem

Actor

Eddie Murphy

Source

Coming to America

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1988 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Coming To America. Directed by John Landis, Eddie Murphy Productions, 1988.

Oh, now you’re saying that I’m redundant, that I repeat myself, that I say things over and over!

Frasier Crane

Cheers

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Topic

Talking too much

Speaker

Frasier Crane

Actor

Kelsey Grammer

Source

Cheers

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

"Behind Every Great Man." Cheers, written by Glen Charles and Les Charles and James Burrows, directed by James Burrows, season 3, episode 19, Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions and Paramount Television, 1985.

Well that's where I see things just a little differently. Contract or no, I will not bow to any sponsor.

Wayne Campbell

Wayne's World

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Topic

Selling out

Speaker

Wayne Campbell

Actor

Mike Myers

Source

Wayne's World

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Wayne's World. Directed by Penelope Spheeris, Paramount Pictures, 1992.

There's nothing to explain. You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen.

The Princess Bride

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Topic

Stealing

Speaker

Vizzini

Actor

Wallace Shawn

Source

The Princess Bride

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Fantasy (film) Comedy Fantasy

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Princess Bride. Directed by Rob Reiner, Act III Communications/Buttercup Films/The Princess Bride Ltd., 1987.

That was stupid. How the hell you gonna get fired on your day off?

Friday

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Topic

Getting fired Days off

Speaker

Mr. Jones

Actor

John Witherspoon

Source

Friday

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Comedy

Statement Type

Question Irony

Language

English

Time

1995 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Friday. Directed by F. Gary Gray, New Line Productions/Ghetto Bird Productions, 1995.

When the rich wage war it's the poor who die.

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Topic

War Rich vs. poor

Speaker

Nasti

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Source

The Devil and the Good Lord

Medium

Play

Statement Type

Irony

Language

French

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Sartre, Jean-Paul. Le Diable et le be Dieu [The Devil and the Good Lord]. Directed by Louis Jouvet. 7 June 1951, Théâtre Antoine, Paris, France.

Current Citation

Sartre, Jean-Paul. "The Devil & the Good Lord." The Devil & the Good Lord and Two Other Plays, translated by Kitty Black. Vintage, 1962.

You know the funny thing is, on the outside I was an honest man. Straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.

Andy Dufresne

The Shawshank Redemption

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Topic

Prison

Speaker

Andy Dufresne

Actor

Tim Robbins

Source

The Shawshank Redemption

Medium

Film

Genre

Prison drama (film) Drama (film) Prison drama Drama

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Citation

The Shawshank Redemption. Directed by Frank Darabont, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1994.

The majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

Anatole France

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Topic

Rule of law Law The poor Economic inequality

Speaker

Choulette

Author

Anatole France

Source

The Red Lily

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Irony

Language

French

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

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Citation

France, Anatole. Le Lys Rouge [The Red Lily]. Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1894, ch. 7.

Well, they're saved from the blessings of civilization.

Stagecoach

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Topic

Civilization

Speaker

Doc Josiah Boone

Actor

Thomas Mitchell

Source

Stagecoach

Medium

Film

Genre

Western (film) Western

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Stagecoach. Directed by John Ford, Walter Wanger Productions, 1939.

Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Little Prince

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Topic

Adults and children

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Source

The Little Prince

Statement Type

Irony

Language

French

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Le Petit Prince [The Little Prince]. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943, ch. 1.