It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Topic

Confession Redemption

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Medium

Novel Magazine

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 8.

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus... Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

Francis Pharcellus Church

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Santa Claus

Author

Francis Pharcellus Church
Source
New York Sun
Medium
Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Church, Francis. "Is There a Santa Claus?" The New York Sun, 21 Sept. 1897.

Current Citation

Church, Francis. Quoted in The Christmas Chronicles, written by Jeff Guinn. Penguin, 2008.

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Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude is, in one sense, overcome.

George Santayana

Introduction to Spinoza's Ethics

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Overcoming fear

Author

George Santayana
Source
Introduction to Spinoza's Ethics
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1910 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Santayana, George. Introduction. Ethics, by Spinoza, translated by A. Boyle. Everyman's Library, 1910, introduction.