geosfero/positivequotation-public-domain-quotes

PositiveQuotation Source-Verified Public Domain Quotes

This small dataset contains exactly 30 English proverbs matched to numbered entries in a public-domain U.S. source. It is designed for examples, prototypes, educational projects, and applications that need compact quotation records with auditable provenance.

• Homepage: https://positivequotation.com/public-domain-quotes
• API documentation: https://positivequotation.com/developers/public-domain-quotes-api
• Live JSON API: https://positivequotation.com/api/v1/quotes
• Source catalog: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39281

Dataset contents

There is one train split containing 30 rows. The data is provided as CSV, JSON, and JSONL. All three files contain the same records in the same order.

No quotation was invented, truncated to force a length, or automatically re-attributed for this dataset. Every row maps to an existing PositiveQuotation quote ID and a numbered entry in the identified source.

Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	integer	Existing stable PositiveQuotation quote ID
quote	string	Exact proverb text
attribution	string	Attribution used by the reviewed dataset (English Proverb)
source_title	string	A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
source_compiler	string	Thomas Preston
source_entry	integer	Numbered entry containing the complete proverb
source_url	string	Project Gutenberg catalog URL
detail_url	string	PositiveQuotation human-readable source-note page
public_domain_scope	string	Jurisdiction-specific public-domain statement

Provenance

The records were checked against Thomas Preston's A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, Project Gutenberg ebook #39281. The exact entry number is preserved for every record so users can inspect the source.

The dataset is the static distribution of the same reviewed collection served by the PositiveQuotation Public Domain Quotes API. The API adds list, search, pagination, random, and single-ID access without changing the underlying 30 records.

Intended uses

• API and user-interface prototypes;
• quotation widgets and educational examples;
• provenance-aware text demonstrations;
• small tests of CSV, JSON, or JSONL ingestion;
• research or editorial workflows where source entry information should remain visible.

Preserve the attribution, source_entry, and source_url fields when republishing so downstream users can audit provenance.

Limitations

• The dataset contains only 30 records and is not representative of all quotations, authors, cultures, periods, or topics.
• Every current record is an English proverb from one historical compilation.
• The train split is a packaging convention, not a recommendation to train a production model on this tiny dataset.
• The dataset is not suitable for attribution benchmarking, cultural-representation analysis, or broad language-model training.
• Source-edition public-domain status does not automatically resolve trademark, privacy, translation, jurisdiction, or other rights questions.

License and public-domain scope

Hugging Face metadata uses license: other deliberately. Project Gutenberg marks the identified source edition “Public domain in the USA,” but laws and other rights may differ by country and intended use. This card does not claim a universal license for every jurisdiction and is not legal advice.

Users are responsible for confirming the rules applicable to their use. The factual source and attribution metadata should be retained.

Maintenance

This is a fixed Phase 2 distribution snapshot of 30 reviewed records. Report a reproducible data or source-entry error through the linked PositiveQuotation project resources. Unverified quote additions are not accepted during the experiment.