He makes no friend who never made a foe.

Alfred Tennyson

Idylls of the King

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Topic

Friends and enemies Yin and yang

Author

Alfred Tennyson

Source

Lancelot and Elaine Idylls of the King

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred. "Lancelot and Elaine." Idylls of the King. London: Edward Moxon, 1859, I. 1082.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Lancelot and Elaine." Idylls of the King, edited by J. M. Gray. Penguin Classics, 1989, I. 1082.

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She assured them, too, of her firm belief, that, at some brighter period, when the world should have grown ripe for it, in Heaven's own time, a new truth would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of mutual happiness.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Source
The Scarlet Letter
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1850 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850, ch. 24.

Current Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter, edited by Brian Harding. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 24.

Another quote about Yin and yang

There is a strong shadow where there is much light.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Light and shadow Contrasts Yin and yang
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Gotz von Berlichingen

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1773 1770s 18th century
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Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Gotz von Berlichingen. 1773, act 1.

Another quote from 1859

I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.

Charles Darwin

On the Origin of the Species

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Natural selection Evolution

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Charles Darwin
Source
On the Origin of the Species
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
English
Time
1859 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of the Species. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Darwin, Charles. The Origin of the Species, edited by William Bynum. Penguin, 2009, ch. 3.