Two souls dwell, alas! in my breast.

Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust

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Topic

Divided self

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Faust

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Faust

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1808 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Vor dem Thor [Before the Gate]." Faust. Eine Tragödie [Faust: A Tragedy]. Tübingen: J. G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1808.

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Another quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Elective Affinities

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Topic
Marriage
Speaker
Mittler

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
Elective Affinities
Medium
Novel
Language
German
Time
1808 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Die Wahlvenwandtschaften [Elective Affinities]. Tubingen: J. G. Cottaische Buchhandlung, 1809, bk. 1, ch. 9.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Elective Affinities, translated by David Constantine. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 1, ch. 9.

Another quote from the 1800s

Who reflects too much will accomplish little.

Friedrich Schiller

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Topic
Thinking vs. doing
Speaker
Wilhelm Tell

Author

Friedrich Schiller
Source
Wilhelm Tell
Medium
Play
Genre
Drama (play) Drama
Language
German
Time
1804 1800s 19th century
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Citation

Schiller, Friedrich. Wilhelm Tell [William Tell]. 17 Mar. 1804, Weimarer Hoftheatre (now Deutsche Nationaltheatre Weimar), Weimar, Germany, act 3, sc. 1.

Another quote originally in German

The great masses of the people...more easily fall a victim to a big lie than to a little one.

Adolf Hitler

Mein Kampf

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Topic
Disinformation Politics and lies Politics The masses

Author

Adolf Hitler
Source
Mein Kampf
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
German
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf [My Struggle]. Vol. 1, Franz Eher Nachfolger GmbH, 1925, ch. 6.