Accomplishment

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The deed is all, the glory nothing.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust

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Accomplishment Glory

Speaker

Faust

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Faust

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1832 1830s 19th century

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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wofgang. Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust. The Tragedy's Second Part]. 1832, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust: Part 2, translated by David Luke. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 4, sc. 1.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.

Proverbs 13:19

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Topic

Finishing a task Goals Accomplishment

Source

Proverbs The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 13:19).

The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

New England Reformers

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Finishing a task Accomplishment

Speaker

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

New England Reformers

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1844 1840s 19th century

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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "New England Reformers." American Anti-Slavery Society meeting. 3 Mar. 1844, Amory Hall, Boston, MA, USA.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "New England Reformers (1844)." The Portable Emerson, edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.

William Shakespeare

Troilus and Cressida

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Accomplishment Hard work Work

Speaker

Cressida

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Troilus and Cressida

Medium

Play

Genre

Problem play

Language

English

Time

1603 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Troilus and Cressida. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, c. 1603, The Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Troilus and Cressida." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 2.

There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory.

Francis Drake

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Topic

Finishing a task Persistence Perseverance Accomplishment

Author

Francis Drake

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1587 1580s 16th century

Era

Age of Exploration

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Citation

Drake, Francis. Dispatch to Francis Walsingham. 17 May 1587, Francis Drake's ship, Iberian coasts between Lisbon and Cape St. Vincent. Dispatch.