1605

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Ancient times were the youth of the world.

Francis Bacon

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The ancient world Youth The past

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 1, pt. 5, no. 1.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, pt. 5, no. 1.

Can we ever have too much of a good thing?

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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Too much of a good thing Excess

Author

Miguel de Cervantes

Source

Don Quixote

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Question

Language

Spanish

Time

1605 1600s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.

Current Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.

I was so free with him as not to mince the matter.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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Candor Honesty

Author

Miguel de Cervantes

Source

Don Quixote

Medium

Novel

Language

Spanish

Time

1605 1600s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.

Current Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.

You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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Topic

Home

Author

Miguel de Cervantes

Source

Don Quixote

Medium

Novel

Language

Spanish

Time

1605 1600s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.

Current Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.

That's the nature of women... Not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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Nature of women

Speaker

Don Quixote

Author

Miguel de Cervantes

Source

Don Quixote

Medium

Novel

Language

Spanish

Time

1605 1600s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha [The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha]. Madrid: Francisco de Robles, 1605.

Current Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.

I am much occupied with the investigation of physical causes. My aim in this is to show that the celestial machine is not similar to a divine animated being, but similar to a clock.

Johannes Kepler

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The laws of physics The universe

Author

Johannes Kepler

Medium

Letter

Language

German

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

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Citation

Kepler, Johannes. Letter to Herwart von Hohenbury. 10 Feb. 1605.

There's not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

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Topic

Everyone's a critic Gossip

Author

Miguel de Cervantes

Source

Don Quixote

Medium

Novel

Language

Spanish

Time

1605 1600s 16th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Segunda Parte Del ingenioso caballero don Quixote de la Mancha [The Second Part of Don Quixote de la Mancha]. Spain: Francisco de Robles, 1615.

Current Citation

De Cervantes, Miguel. Don Quixote, translated and edited by John Rutherford. Penguin Classics, 2003.

Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress.

Francis Bacon

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Wealth as burden Downsides of wealth Wealth

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 6, ch. 3, no. 6.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 6, ch. 3, no. 6.

For knowledge itself is a power whereby he knoweth.

Francis Bacon

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Topic

Nature of knowledge Knowledge

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 2, ch. 7, sect. 5.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 7, sect. 5.

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.

Francis Bacon

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Topic

Taking action Observation Jumping in The human condition

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 2, ch. 20, sect. 8.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 20, sect. 8.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

Francis Bacon

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Topic

Discovery Imagination

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 2, ch. 7, sect. 5.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 2, sect. 5.

A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy.

Guy Fawkes

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Topic

Radicalism Extreme measures

Speaker

Guy Fawkes

Language

English

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fawkes, Guy. The Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 6, Oxford University Press, 1917.

Silence is the virtue of a fool.

Francis Bacon

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Silence Fools

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 6, ch. 3, no. 31.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 6, ch. 3, no. 31.

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

George Chapman

All Fools

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Topic

Youth vs. old age

Speaker

Gostanzo

Author

George Chapman

Source

All Fools

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Chapman, George. "All Fools." Children of the Queen's Revels, 1605, Court before King James I, England, UK, act 5, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Chapman, George. "All Fools." Elizabethan Comedies: A Basic Anthology. Dover Publications, 2017, act 5, sc. 2.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

Francis Bacon

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Doubt vs. certainty Certainty Doubt and skepticism Beliefs Convictions

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 1, ch. 5, sect. 11.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 5, sect. 11.

Knowledge...not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man’s estate.

Francis Bacon

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Topic

Knowledge

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 1, ch. 5, sect. 8.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 5, sect. 8.

For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself.

Francis Bacon

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Nature of knowledge Knowledge

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 1, ch. 1, sect. 3.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 1, sect. 3.