There is love, of course. And then there's life, its enemy.

Il y a l'amour bien sûr. Et puis il y a la vie, son ennemie.

Jean Anouilh

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Topic

Love

Speaker

General

Author

Jean Anouilh

Source

Ardèle ou la Marguerite

Medium

Play

Language

French

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Anouilh, Jean. Ardèle ou la Marguerite. Directed by Roland Piétri. 1948, Comédie des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France.

Current Citation

Anouilh, Jean. "Ardele." Jean Anouilh: Five Plays. Vol. 2, Hill & Wang, 1966.

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Another quote from the 1940s

What is hell?
Hell is oneself,
Hell is alone, the other figures in it
Merely projections. There is nothing to escape from
And nothing to escape to. One is always alone.

T.S. Eliot

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Topic
Hell
Speaker
Edward

Author

T.S. Eliot
Source
The Cocktail Party
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Eliot, T. S. The Cocktail Party. 1949, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, act 1, sc. 5.

Another quote about Love

Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.

William Shakespeare

Venus and Adonis

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Topic
Nature of love Love

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Venus and Adonis
Medium
Poem
Genre
Narrative poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1593 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis. London: Richard Field, 1593, I. 799.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Venus and Adonis." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.

Another quote originally in French

To name an object is to take away three-fourths of the pleasure given by a poem. This pleasure consists in guessing little by little to suggest it, that is the ideal.

Jules Huret

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Topic
Names Poetry
Speaker
Stephane Mallarme [Etienne Mallarme]

Author

Jules Huret
Language
French
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
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Citation

Mallarme, Stephane. Quoted in "Sur l'Evolution Litteraire [On Literary Evolution]." Enquete de Huret [Investigation by Jules Huret]. Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1891.