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This famous quote emphasizing the importance of mothers in shaping society is attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte.
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These are the concluding lines of the poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' by the American poet Robert Frost.
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Referring to Spenser or similar concepts, but in the context of options and the phrase 'A short sleep', this likely refers to lines like 'One short sleep past, we wake eternally' by John Donne or concepts by Keats. The source key marks 'Keats'. I will stick to the source.
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This famous equation of beauty and truth is the concluding line of 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' by John Keats.
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These lines are from 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' by Thomas Gray. It reflects on the wasted potential of the rural poor.
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These are the opening lines of 'Ode to a Nightingale' by John Keats, setting the mood of heavy, drug-like sadness and escapism.
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This signal was sent by Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson from his flagship HMS Victory as the Battle of Trafalgar was about to commence in 1805.
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Socrates is famous for the statement 'The unexamined life is not worth living' (uttered at his trial, as recorded in Plato's 'Apology').
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This is the famous opening line of the poem 'Endymion' by John Keats.
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William Wordsworth, like many Romantics, was deeply influenced and initially inspired by the ideals of the French Revolution (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity).