They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise

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Personal chemistry Connecting with others Friendship

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

This Side of Paradise

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. Scribner, 1920, bk. 1, ch. 1.

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So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Time
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 9.

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You ain't heard nothing yet.

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The Jazz Singer
Medium
Film
Genre
Drama (film) Drama
Language
English
Time
1927 1920s 20th century
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The Jazz Singer. Directed by Alan Crosland, Warner Bros. Pictures/The Vitaphone Corporation, 1927.

Another quote about Friendship

If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.

Epictetus

The Enchiridion

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Brothers Friendship Forgiveness

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Epictetus
Source
The Enchiridion
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
135 130s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Epictetus. Ἐγχειρίδιον Ἐπικτήτου, Enkheirídion Epiktḗtou [Enchiridion of Epictetus]. c. 125 CE, ch. 43.

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Epictetus. Enchiridion, translated by George Long. Dover Publications, 2004, ch. 43.

Another quote from 1920

We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.

William Ralph Inge

The Idea of Progress

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Animal cruelty Man and animals
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William Ralph Inge
Source
The Idea of Progress
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Inge, William Ralph. "The Idea of Progress." Romanes Lecture. 27 May 1920, The Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, England, UK. Lecture.