Hope raises no dust.

L'espoir ne fait pas de poussiere.

Paul Eluard

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Hope

Author

Paul Eluard

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1946 1940s 20th century

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Poet Writer

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Citation

Eluard, Paul. "Ailleurs, Ici Partout." Poesie ininterrompue. Paris: Gallimard, 1946.

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The great mystery is not that we should have been thrown down here at random between the profusion of matter and that of the stars; it is that from our very prison we should draw, from our own selves, images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.

Andre Malraux

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The human condition
Speaker
Walter

Author

Andre Malraux
Source
The Walnut Trees of Altenburg
Medium
Novel
Language
French
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Malraux, Andre. Les Noyers de l'Altenburg [The Walnut Trees of Altenburg]. Gallimard, c. 1948.

Another quote from 1946

Political language—and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists—is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

George Orwell

Politics and the English Language

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Politics and lies Propaganda Politics

Author

George Orwell
Source
Politics and the English Language
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Orwell, George. "Politics and the English Language." Horizon, Apr. 1946, vol. 13, issue 76, pp. 252-265.

Current Citation

Orwell, George. "Politics and the English Language." The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, vol. 4: In Front of Your Nose 1945-1950, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 1999, no. 38.

Another quote originally in French

There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.

Albert Camus

The Myth of Sisyphus

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Suicide Purpose of life Philosophy

Author

Albert Camus
Source
The Myth of Sisyphus
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Camus, Albert. Le Mythe de Sisyphe [The Myth of Sisyphus]. Éditions Gallimard, 1942.