Political literature · Philosophical literatureMan is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.Jean-Jacques Rousseau1762★ 9.4
Scripture · Religious literatureI returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.Ecclesiastes 9:11931 BC★ 8.4
Autobiography and memoirThe mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.Henry David ThoreauWalden · 1854★ 7.8
Poem · Didactic poemBetween us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows.HesiodWorks and Days · 700 BC★ 7.6
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