1819

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The man of talent is like the marksman who hits a mark the others cannot hit; the man of genius is like the marksman who hits a mark they cannot even see.

Arthur Schopenhauer

The World as Will and Idea

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Talent Genius

Author

Arthur Schopenhauer

Source

The World as Will and Idea

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Schopenhauer, Arthur. Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung [The World as Will and Imagination]. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1819.

Current Citation

Schopenhauer, Arthur. The World as Will and Representation, edited by Christopher Janaway, translated by Judith Norman and Alistair Welchman. Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Greece

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Language

German

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Individual Points." Ueber Kunst und Altersthum [On Art and Antiquity]. 1826, vol. 5, issue 3.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005, no. 298.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Doubt and skepticism

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

German

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Individual Points." Ueber Kunst und Altersthum [On Art and Antiquity]. 1826, vol. 5, issue 3.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, edited by Peter Hutchinson, translated by Elisabeth Stopp. Penguin Classics, 1999, no. 281.

This is a free country.

James Flint

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America

Author

James Flint

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Flint, James. Letter home. 28 June 1819.

Alas! the love of women! it is known
To be a lovely and a fearful thing.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Men and women Dangers of love Love

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1819, canto 2, st. 199.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 2, st. 199.

Man's love is of man's life a thing apart,
'Tis woman's whole existence.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Men and women Nature of love Love

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

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Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1819, canto 1, st. 194.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 1, st. 194.

Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter,
Sermons and soda-water the day after.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Wine Alcohol Parties

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

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Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1819, canto 2, st. 178.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 2, st. 178.

Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded;
That all the Apostles would have done as they did.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Christian persecution Religious persecution

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

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Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1819, canto 1, st. 83.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 1, st. 83.

Man, being reasonable, must get drunk;
The best of life is but intoxication.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Getting drunk Alcohol

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1819, canto 2, st. 179.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 2, st. 179.

There's nought, no doubt, so much the spirit calms
As rum and true religion.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Religion Alcohol

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1819, canto 2, st. 34.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 2, st. 34.

We must never forget that it is a Constitution we are expounding.

John Marshall

McCulloch v. Maryland

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Constitutional interpretation US Constitution

Author

John Marshall

Source

McCulloch v. Maryland

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Marshall, John. United States, Supreme Court. McCulloch v. Maryland. United States Reports, vol. 17, 5 Mar. 1819, pp. 316-437. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/17/316/.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

John Marshall

McCulloch v. Maryland

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Taxes

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John Marshall

Source

McCulloch v. Maryland

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

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Citation

Marshall, John. United States, Supreme Court. McCulloch v. Maryland. United States Reports, vol. 17, 5 Mar. 1819, pp. 316-437. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/17/316/.

Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are Constitutional.

John Marshall

McCulloch v. Maryland

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Constitutional law US Constitution

Author

John Marshall

Source

McCulloch v. Maryland

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Marshall, John. United States, Supreme Court. McCulloch v. Maryland. United States Reports, vol. 17, 5 Mar. 1819, pp. 316-437. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/17/316/.

Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

William Hazlitt

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Topic

Humor Good conversation Conversation

Author

William Hazlitt

Source

On Wit and Humour

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hazlitt, William. "On Wit and Humour." Lectures on the English Comic Writers. c. 1818, Surrey Institution, London, England, UK.

A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Washington Irving

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Sharp tongue Verbal skill

Author

Washington Irving

Source

Rip Van Winkle

Medium

Short story

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Irving, Washington. "Rip Van Winkle." The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. New York: C. S. Van Winkle, 23 June 1819–July 1820.

Current Citation

Irving, Washington. "Rip Van Winkle." The Sketch-Book, edited by Susan Manning. Oxford University Press, 2009.

There is no such thing as "natural law": this expression is nothing but old nonsense…Prior to laws, what is natural is only the strength of the lion, or the need of the creature suffering from hunger or cold, in short, need.

Stendhal

The Red and the Black

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Natural law Might makes right

Author

Stendhal

Source

The Red and the Black

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Stendhal. Le Rouge et le Noir: Chronique du XIXe siècle [The Red and the Black: A Chronicle of the 19th Century]. Vol. 2, Paris: A. Levasseur, c. 1830, ch. 44.

Current Citation

Stendhal. The Red and the Black, translated by Catherine Slater. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2, ch. 44.

The fountains mingle with the river,
And the rivers with the Ocean,
The winds of Heaven mix for ever
With a sweet emotion;
Nothing in the world is single;
All things by a law divine
In one spirit meet and mingle.
Why not I with thine?

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Interconnectedness of all things Connecting with others

Author

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Source

Love's Philosophy

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Love's Philosophy." The Indicator. London: J. Appleyard, 22 Dec. 1819, I. 1.

Current Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Love's Philosophy." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 1.

To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.

Arthur Schopenhauer

On Women

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Topic

Marriage

Author

Arthur Schopenhauer

Source

On Women Parerga and Paralipomena

Language

German

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Schopenhauer, Arthur. "Ueber die Weiber [On Women]." Parerga und Paralipomena. Vol. 2, Berlin: Druck und Verlag von U. W. Haan, 1851.

Current Citation

Schopenhauer, Arthur. "On Women." Parerga and Paralipomena, translated by Adrian Del Caro and Christopher Janaway. Vol. 2, Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Sweet is revenge—especially to women.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Topic

Revenge Women

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1819, canto 1, st. 124.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 1, st. 124.

Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Pleasure Sin Temptation

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1819, canto 1, st. 143.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 1, st. 143.