Truly, I am living in a time of darkness.

Wirklich, ich lebe in finsteren Zeiten!

Bertolt Brecht

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Topic

Barbarism World War II

Author

Bertolt Brecht

Source

To Those Born Later

Medium

Poem

Language

German

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

From

Germany Europe

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Brecht, Bertolt. "An die Nachgeborenen [To Those Born Later]." Die Neue Weltbühne, June 1939.

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Another quote from the 1930s

O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free.

Langston Hughes

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Topic
American ideals America

Author

Langston Hughes
Source
Let America Be America Again
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Let America Be America Again." Esquire Magazine, July 1936.

Another quote about World War II

We have not journeyed all this way across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.

Winston Churchill

Speech to the Canadian Parliament, December 30, 1941

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Topic
The British people World War II
Speaker
Winston Churchill
Source
Speech to the Canadian Parliament, December 30, 1941
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Some Chicken! Some Neck!" Joint session of Canadian Parliament. 30 Dec. 1941, Ottawa, Canada. Address.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Some chicken! Some neck!', 30 December 1941, Parliament, Ottawa." Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches. A&C Black, 2013.

Another quote from 1939

Success is relative:
It is what we can make of the mess we have
made of things.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic
Success
Speaker
Agatha

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
The Family Reunion
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Family Reunion. Performed by Michael Redgrave, Helen Haye, and Catherine Lacey. 1939, Westminster Theatre, London, England, UK, pt. 2, sc. 3.

Another quote originally in German

Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil

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Topic
Boredom

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Beyond Good and Evil
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1886 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft [Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future]. Leipzig: C. G. Naumann, 1886, ch. 7, no. 227.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 7, no. 227.