It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.

Betty Friedan

The Feminine Mystique

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Topic

Being oneself Authenticity Personal identity

Author

Betty Friedan

Source

The Feminine Mystique

Genre

Feminist literature

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Feminist Activist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Friedan, Betty. The Feminine Mystique. W. W. Norton & Company, 1963, ch. 14.

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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

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Topic
Vulnerability
Speaker
Control

Author

John le Carré
Source
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Medium
Novel
Genre
Spy novel Spy
Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Carré, John le. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. Victor Gollancz & Pan, 1963, ch. 2.

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This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Topic
Being true to oneself Authenticity Personal integrity
Speaker
Lord Polonius

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Hamlet
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1616 1610s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 4.