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Character Building1902 · 30 source-backed quotationsOn the Shortness of Lifec. 49 · 29 source-backed quotationsThoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninusc. 170 CE work · represented George Long English translation · 27 source-backed quotationsThe Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus1st century BCE maxim tradition · 1856 Darius Lyman English rendering · 24 source-backed quotationsThrift1875 · 24 source-backed quotationsWalden1854 · 24 source-backed quotationsPudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar1894 · 23 source-backed quotationsAs a Man Thinketh1903 · 22 source-backed quotationsThe Simple Life1901 · 20 source-backed quotationsLectures on Art, Delivered Before the University of Oxford in Hilary Term, 18701870 · 18 source-backed quotationsOptimism: An Essay1903 · 18 source-backed quotationsPoor Richard’s Almanack1732–1758 annual series; represented quotations span multiple issues · 18 source-backed quotationsThe Dhammapadaancient · 17 source-backed quotationsSong of Myself1855 and 1882 represented textual states · 16 source-backed quotationsThe Prophet1923 · 16 source-backed quotationsThe Way to Wealth1758 · 16 source-backed quotationsThe Art of Money Getting1880 · 14 source-backed quotationsEnchiridionc. 2nd century CE · represented George Long English translation · 13 source-backed quotationsThe Wisdom of Life1851 · 13 source-backed quotationsThe Golden Sayings of Epictetusc. 125 · 12 source-backed quotationsThe Power of Truth: Individual Problems and Possibilities1902 · 12 source-backed quotationsMoral letters to Luciliusc. 65 · 11 source-backed quotationsOn Liberty1859 · 11 source-backed quotationsThe Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry1873 · 11 source-backed quotationsCharacter1871 · 10 source-backed quotationsSelf-Help1859 · 10 source-backed quotationsTao Teh Kingancient · 10 source-backed quotationsThe Analects of Confuciusancient text · represented James Legge English translation · 10 source-backed quotationsThe Lost Prince1915 · 10 source-backed quotationsThe Merchant of Venicec. 1596 · 10 source-backed quotationsThe Picture of Dorian Gray — 1891 edition1891 revised book edition · Preface + 20 chapters · 10 source-backed quotationsThe Republic4th century BCE · represented Benjamin Jowett English translation · 10 source-backed quotationsThe Theory of Moral Sentiments1759 · 10 source-backed quotationsThree Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)1889 · 10 source-backed quotationsAn Essay on Criticism1711 · 9 source-backed quotationsHamletc. 1600 · 9 source-backed quotationsHuman, All-Too-Human1909 · 9 source-backed quotationsJo's Boys1886 · 9 source-backed quotationsPride and Prejudice1813 · 9 source-backed quotationsThe Innocents Abroad1869 · 9 source-backed quotationsThe Joyful Wisdom1910 · 9 source-backed quotationsThe Wealth of Nations1776 · 9 source-backed quotationsA Vindication of the Rights of Woman1792 · 8 source-backed quotationsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland1865 · 8 source-backed quotationsCounsels and Maxims1851 · 8 source-backed quotationsDombey and Son1848 · 8 source-backed quotationsEight Cousins; Or, The Aunt-Hill1875 · 8 source-backed quotationsIf—1910 · 8 source-backed quotationsNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass1845 · 8 source-backed quotationsNicomachean Ethics4th century BCE · 8 source-backed quotationsOn the Art of Writing1916 · 8 source-backed quotationsRasselas1759 · 8 source-backed quotationsRights of Man1791–1792 · 8 source-backed quotationsSelf-Reliance1841 · 8 source-backed quotationsThe Elements of Style1920 · 8 source-backed quotationsThe Mill on the Floss1860 · 8 source-backed quotationsThe Principles of Success in Literature1891 · 8 source-backed quotationsThe Story of My Life1903 · 8 source-backed quotationsThe World I Live In1908 · 8 source-backed quotationsThoughts on the Education of Daughters1787 · 8 source-backed quotationsUp from Slavery1901 · 8 source-backed quotationsWhat Is Man?1906 · 8 source-backed quotationsArchitects of Fate1895 · 7 source-backed quotationsEssays, First Series — Friendship1841 · 7 source-backed quotationsLittle Men1871 · 7 source-backed quotationsThe Secret Garden1911 · 7 source-backed quotationsThe Subjection of Women1869 · 7 source-backed quotationsThe Way of Peace1901 · 7 source-backed quotationsAreopagitica1644 · 6 source-backed quotationsCommon Sense1776 · 6 source-backed quotationsDe Amicitia44 BCE · 6 source-backed quotationsDiscourses of Epictetusc. 2nd century CE · represented George Long English translation · 6 source-backed quotationsEmma1815 · 6 source-backed quotationsLaws4th century BCE · 6 source-backed quotationsLittle Women1868–1869 publication history · 6 source-backed quotationsOf Peace of Mind49–62 CE · 6 source-backed quotationsOut from the Heart1900–1904 · 6 source-backed quotationsPersuasion1818 · 6 source-backed quotationsRomeo and Julietc. 1595 · 6 source-backed quotationsSolitude of Self1892 · 6 source-backed quotationsThe American Scholar1837 · 6 source-backed quotationsThe Life of Reason1905 · 6 source-backed quotationsThe Madman1918 · 6 source-backed quotationsThe Tempestc. 1611 · 6 source-backed quotationsWoman in the Nineteenth Century1845 · 6 source-backed quotationsA Psalm of Life1838 · 5 source-backed quotationsA Vindication of the Rights of Men1790 · 5 source-backed quotationsAdam Bede1859 · 5 source-backed quotationsApology399 BCE dramatic setting · represented Benjamin Jowett English translation · 5 source-backed quotationsAutobiography1873 · 5 source-backed quotationsCheerfulness as a Life Power1899 · 5 source-backed quotationsDaniel Deronda1876 · 5 source-backed quotationsDe Officiis44 BCE · 5 source-backed quotationsEpistle to Dr Arbuthnot1735 · 5 source-backed quotationsEssays of Montaigne — Book III1588 · 5 source-backed quotationsHopes and Fears for Art1882 · 5 source-backed quotationsLetters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark1796 · 5 source-backed quotationsOf Studies1625 · 5 source-backed quotationsParadise Lost1667 · 5 source-backed quotationsPhaedomultiple represented dates · 5 source-backed quotationsSymposiummultiple represented dates · 5 source-backed quotationsThe Art of Literature1851 · 5 source-backed quotationsThe Brothers Karamazov1880 · 5 source-backed quotationsThe Diary of a Nobody1892 · 5 source-backed quotationsThe Gospel of Wealth1889 · 5 source-backed quotationsThe Idler1758–1760 · 5 source-backed quotationsThe Importance of Being Earnest1895 · 5 source-backed quotationsThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell1790 · 5 source-backed quotationsThe Rape of the Lock1714–1717 · 5 source-backed quotationsThe Vanity of Human Wishes1749 · 5 source-backed quotationsUlysses (poem)1842 · 5 source-backed quotationsA Child's Grave at Florencec. 1850 · 4 source-backed quotationsA Midsummer Night’s Dreamc. 1595 · 4 source-backed quotationsAll’s Well That Ends Wellc. 1604 · 4 source-backed quotationsAmiel's Journalrepresented diary entries dated 1848–1866 · 4 source-backed quotationsAn Ideal Husband1895 · 4 source-backed quotationsAppreciations, with an Essay on Style1889 · 4 source-backed quotationsBeyond Good and Evil1886 · 4 source-backed quotationsCato on Old Age44 BCE · 4 source-backed quotationsCorrespondence of M. Aurelius Antoninus and M. Cornelius Fronto2nd century CE · 4 source-backed quotationsCritomultiple represented dates · 4 source-backed quotationsEssays of Montaigne — Book I1580 · 4 source-backed quotationsEssays of Schopenhauer — On Books and Reading1851 · 4 source-backed quotationsGreat Expectations1861 · 4 source-backed quotationsHow to Live on 24 Hours a Day1908 · 4 source-backed quotationsJane Eyre1847 · 4 source-backed quotationsJulius Caesarc. 1599 · 4 source-backed quotationsLady Windermere’s Fan1892 · 4 source-backed quotationsLaelius on Friendship44 BCE · 4 source-backed quotationsMeditationsc. 170 CE work · represented Casaubon English edition · 4 source-backed quotationsMental Efficiency, and Other Hints to Men and Women1911 · 4 source-backed quotationsMy First Summer in the Sierra1911 · 4 source-backed quotationsNotes from Underground1864 · 4 source-backed quotationsOn The Art of Reading1920 · 4 source-backed quotationsOthellomultiple represented dates · 4 source-backed quotationsPolitics: A Treatise on Government4th century BCE · 4 source-backed quotationsRemembrance — Emily Brontë1846 · 4 source-backed quotationsSelf-Control, Its Kingship and Majesty1899 · 4 source-backed quotationsSigns of Change1888 · 4 source-backed quotationsSilas Marner1861 · 4 source-backed quotationsThe Conduct of Life1860 · 4 source-backed quotationsThe Crown of Wild Olive1866 · 4 source-backed quotationsThe Human Machine1908 · 4 source-backed quotationsThe Imitation of Christ15th century · 4 source-backed quotationsThe Majesty of Calmness1900 · 4 source-backed quotationsThe Mountains of California1894 · 4 source-backed quotationsThe Picture of Dorian Gray — 1890 magazine textJuly 1890 · Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine text · 4 source-backed quotationsThe Souls of Black Folk1903 · 4 source-backed quotationsThe Tables Turned1798 · 4 source-backed quotationsThe Twilight of the Idols1889 · 4 source-backed quotationsThe Victorious Attitude1916 · 4 source-backed quotationsThe Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy1897 · 4 source-backed quotationsThus Spake Zarathustra1883–1885 · 4 source-backed quotationsTravels in Alaska1915 · 4 source-backed quotationsWake-Robin1871 · 4 source-backed quotationsA Christmas Carol1843 · 3 source-backed quotationsA Way of Life1913 · 3 source-backed quotationsA Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers1849 · 3 source-backed quotationsAequanimitas1889 · 3 source-backed quotationsAll These Things Added1903 · 3 source-backed quotationsAs You Like Itc. 1599 · 3 source-backed quotationsAurora Leigh1856 · 3 source-backed quotationsAutobiography of Benjamin Franklinwritten 1771–1790 · first published 1791 · 3 source-backed quotationsCitizenship in a Republic1910 · 3 source-backed quotationsCivil Disobedience1849 · 3 source-backed quotationsConsiderations on Representative Government1861 · 3 source-backed quotationsCrime and Punishment1866 · 3 source-backed quotationsDarkwater: Voices from Within the Veil1920 · 3 source-backed quotationsDe Profundis1905 · 3 source-backed quotationsDemocracy and Education1916 · 3 source-backed quotationsDr. Montessori's Own Handbook1914 · 3 source-backed quotationsHow to Succeed1896 · 3 source-backed quotationsInformation to Those Who Would Remove to America1784 · 3 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Galatians 6:21611 · 3 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Romans 12:101611 · 3 source-backed quotationsLatter-Day Pamphlets1850 · 3 source-backed quotationsLife Without Principle1863 · 3 source-backed quotationsLysis4th century BCE · 3 source-backed quotationsMacbethc. 1606 · 3 source-backed quotationsMen of Invention and Industry1884 · 3 source-backed quotationsMoral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 23c. 65 · 3 source-backed quotationsMoral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 3c. 63–65 · 3 source-backed quotationsMy Bondage and My Freedom1855 · 3 source-backed quotationsMy Confession1882 · 3 source-backed quotationsMy Larger Education1911 · 3 source-backed quotationsMy Religion1885 · 3 source-backed quotationsMysticism and Logic and Other Essays1917 · 3 source-backed quotationsNews from Nowhere; Or, An Epoch of Rest1890 · 3 source-backed quotationsOde on a Grecian Urn1820 · 3 source-backed quotationsOf Friendship1625 · 3 source-backed quotationsPast and Present1843 · 3 source-backed quotationsPepacton1881 · 3 source-backed quotationsPhaedrus4th century BCE · 3 source-backed quotationsPoems of Optimism1913 · 3 source-backed quotationsPolitical Ideals1917 · 3 source-backed quotationsPragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking1907 · 3 source-backed quotationsSartor Resartus1836 · 3 source-backed quotationsSelf-Made Menc. 1872 · 3 source-backed quotationsSonnets from the Portuguese1850 · 3 source-backed quotationsSpontaneous Activity in Education1917 · 3 source-backed quotationsTalks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals1899 · 3 source-backed quotationsThe Age of Reason1794–1796 · 3 source-backed quotationsThe Art of War — Attack by Stratagemc. 5th century BCE · 3 source-backed quotationsThe Conservation of Races1897 · 3 source-backed quotationsThe Future of the American Negro1899 · 3 source-backed quotationsThe Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow1886 · 3 source-backed quotationsThe Kingdom of God Is Within You1894 · 3 source-backed quotationsThe Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson1868 · 3 source-backed quotationsThe Master-Word in Medicine1903 · 3 source-backed quotationsThe Mastery of Destiny1909 · 3 source-backed quotationsThe Montessori Elementary Material1917 · 3 source-backed quotationsThe Montessori Method1912 · 3 source-backed quotationsThe Morals of Chess1779 · 3 source-backed quotationsThe Problems of Philosophy1912 · 3 source-backed quotationsThrough the Looking-Glass1871 · 3 source-backed quotationsTime and Tide by Weare and Tyne1867 · 3 source-backed quotationsTwelfth Nightmultiple represented dates · 3 source-backed quotationsUnto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy1862 · 3 source-backed quotationsWhat All The World's A-Seeking1896 · 3 source-backed quotationsWinter Sunshine1875 · 3 source-backed quotationsWorking With the Hands1904 · 3 source-backed quotationsA Better Resurrection — Christina Rossetti1862 · 2 source-backed quotationsA Christmas Sermon1888 · 2 source-backed quotationsA Defence of Poetry1821–1840 · 2 source-backed quotationsA Light Exists in Spring — Emily Dickinson1896 · 2 source-backed quotationsAdvent — Christina Rossetti1862 · 2 source-backed quotationsAn Apology for Idlers1877 · 2 source-backed quotationsAn August Midnight — Thomas Hardy1901 · 2 source-backed quotationsAnne of Green Gables1908 · 2 source-backed quotationsAt the Back of the North Wind1871 · 2 source-backed quotationsBeclouded — Emily Dickinson1890 · 2 source-backed quotationsCooper Union Address1860 · 2 source-backed quotationsDe Profundis I — Thomas Hardy1901 · 2 source-backed quotationsDevotions upon Emergent Occasions1624 · 2 source-backed quotationsEighty Years and More1898 · 2 source-backed quotationsElements of Morals1884 English translation · 2 source-backed quotationsEndymion1818 · 2 source-backed quotationsEssays in the Art of Writing1905 · 2 source-backed quotationsEssays, First Series — Heroism1841 · 2 source-backed quotationsField and Hedgerow1889 · 2 source-backed quotationsFrankenstein1818 · 2 source-backed quotationsFruit-Gathering1916 · 2 source-backed quotationsGitanjali1912 · 2 source-backed quotationsHope — Emily Brontë1846 · 2 source-backed quotationsHow Substances Can Be Good in Virtue of Their Existence Without Being Absolute Goodsc. 520s · 2 source-backed quotationsHow We Think1910 · 2 source-backed quotationsHuman Nature and Conduct1922 · 2 source-backed quotationsIn Tune with the Infinite; or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty1897 · 2 source-backed quotationsInvictus1888 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — 1 John 3:181611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — 1 Thessalonians 5:111611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — 2 Timothy 1:71611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Ecclesiastes 3:121611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Ecclesiastes 7:81611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Ephesians 4:251611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Ephesians 4:261611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Galatians 6:91611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Hebrews 13:161611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Hebrews 8:121611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — John 14:271611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Philippians 4:71611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Proverbs 15:11611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Proverbs 16:321611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Proverbs 17:221611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Proverbs 17:91611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Proverbs 18:241611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Proverbs 19:111611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Proverbs 19:171611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Proverbs 21:51611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Psalm 100:21611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Psalm 118:241611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing James Bible — Psalm 68:31611 · 2 source-backed quotationsKing Learc. 1606 · 2 source-backed quotationsLaches4th century BCE · 2 source-backed quotationsLife Without and Life Within1859 · 2 source-backed quotationsLilith: A Romance1895 · 2 source-backed quotationsLove and Friendship — Emily Brontë1846 · 2 source-backed quotationsLyceum Address1838 · 2 source-backed quotationsMansfield Park1814 · 2 source-backed quotationsMeasure for Measurec. 1604 · 2 source-backed quotationsMemories and Portraits1887 · 2 source-backed quotationsMeno4th century BCE · 2 source-backed quotationsMiddlemarch1871–1872 · 2 source-backed quotationsModern Painters, Volume III1856 · 2 source-backed quotationsMoral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 104c. 65 · 2 source-backed quotationsMoral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 109c. 65 · 2 source-backed quotationsMoral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 41c. 65 · 2 source-backed quotationsMoral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 47c. 65 · 2 source-backed quotationsMoral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 59c. 65 · 2 source-backed quotationsMoral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 63c. 65 · 2 source-backed quotationsMoral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 71c. 65 · 2 source-backed quotationsMoral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 76c. 65 · 2 source-backed quotationsMoral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 78c. 65 · 2 source-backed quotationsMoral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 85c. 65 · 2 source-backed quotationsMoral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 9c. 65 · 2 source-backed quotationsMoral Letters to Lucilius — Letter 92c. 65 · 2 source-backed quotationsNature1836 · 2 source-backed quotationsNature Near London1883 · 2 source-backed quotationsNeutral Tones — Thomas Hardy1898 · 2 source-backed quotationsNorthanger Abbey1818 first edition; written/revised earlier · 2 source-backed quotationsOde on Melancholy1820 · 2 source-backed quotationsOde to the West Wind1820 · 2 source-backed quotationsOf Anger, Book IIIc. 45 · 2 source-backed quotationsOf Revenge1625 · 2 source-backed quotationsOn Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History1841 · 2 source-backed quotationsOn the Feeling of Immortality in Youth1827 · 2 source-backed quotationsOn the Grasshopper and Cricket1816 · 2 source-backed quotationsOn the Love of Life1815 · 2 source-backed quotationsOn the Past and Future1821 · 2 source-backed quotationsOur Mutual Friend1865 · 2 source-backed quotationsOur National Parks1901 · 2 source-backed quotationsPhantastes1858 · 2 source-backed quotationsPoems of Cheer1914 · 2 source-backed quotationsPoems of Power1903 · 2 source-backed quotationsPoems of Progress and New Thought Pastels1913 · 2 source-backed quotationsRemember1862 · 2 source-backed quotationsShirley1849 · 2 source-backed quotationsSketches by Boz1836 · 2 source-backed quotationsSociety and Solitude1870 · 2 source-backed quotationsSoliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies1922 · 2 source-backed quotationsSpring — Christina Rossetti1862 · 2 source-backed quotationsStray Birds1916 · 2 source-backed quotationsStruggles and Triumphs1872 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Art of War — Waging Warc. 5th century BCE · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Consolation of Philosophyc. 524 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Darkling Thrush — Thomas Hardy1901 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe First Spring Day — Christina Rossetti1862 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Forerunner1920 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Gardener1915 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit1918 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Journal of Montaigne’s Travels in Italy — Volume II1581 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Last Chrysanthemum — Thomas Hardy1901 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Man with the Muck-Rake1906 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe New Nationalism1910 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Old Stoic — Emily Brontë1846 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Physical Basis of Mind1877 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Professor1857 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Self-Unseeing — Thomas Hardy1901 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Sense of Beauty1896 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Soul of Man under Socialism1891 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Story of My Heart1883 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Strenuous Life1899 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Thoughts of Blaise Pascal1670 posthumous publication · 2 source-backed quotationsThe Woman's Bible1898 · 2 source-backed quotationsThe World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3)1818 · 2 source-backed quotationsTheaetetus4th century BCE · 2 source-backed quotationsTo Autumn1820 · 2 source-backed quotationsTroilus and Cressidac. 1602 · 2 source-backed quotationsUnspoken Sermons, Series I., II., and III.1867–1889 · 2 source-backed quotationsUp-Hill — Christina Rossetti1862 · 2 source-backed quotationsVillette1853 · 2 source-backed quotationsWar and Peace1869 · 2 source-backed quotationsWest India Emancipation Speech1857 · 2 source-backed quotationsWhat to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?1852 · 2 source-backed quotations