One can live for years sometimes, without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into a single hour.

Oscar Wilde

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Topic

Life The human condition

Speaker

Ivan the Czar

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

Vera, or The Nihilists

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragic play

Language

English

Time

1880 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. Vera; or, The Nihilists. London: Ranken & Co., 1880, act 4.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "Vera; or, The Nihilists." The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Vera; or The Nihilist and Lady Windermere's Fan, edited by Josephine M. Guy. Vol. 11, Oxford University Press, 2021, act 4.

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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Henrik Ibsen

An Enemy of the People

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Topic
Solitude Thinking for oneself
Speaker
Doctor Thomas Stockmann

Author

Henrik Ibsen
Source
An Enemy of the People
Medium
Play
Statement Type
Closing lines
Language
Norwegian
Time
1882 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Ibsen, Henrik. En folkefiende [An Enemy of the People]. Kobenhavn: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1882, act 5.

Current Citation

Ibsen, Henrik. "An Enemy of the People." A Doll's House and Other Plays, translated by Deborah Dawkin and Erik Skuggevik. Penguin Classics, 2016, act 5.

Another quote about The human condition

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is stuck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.

William Hazlitt

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Topic
Laughter Crying The human condition

Author

William Hazlitt
Language
English
Time
1818 1810s 19th century
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Citation

Hazlitt, William. "On Wit and Humour." Lectures on the English Comic Writers. c. 1818, Surrey Institution, London, England, UK.