To be born is to be wrecked on an island.

J.M. Barrie

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Topic

The human condition

Author

J.M. Barrie

Source

The Coral Island

Language

English

Time

1913 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Barrie, J. M. Quoted in The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean, by R. M. Ballantyne. James Nisbet and Co., 1913, preface.

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What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?

W.H. Davies

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Topic
Taking one's time Slowing down Busyness Purpose of life Life

Author

W.H. Davies
Source
Leisure Songs of Joy and Others
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1911 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Davies, W. H. "Leisure." Songs of Joy and Others. A. C. Fifield, 1911.

Another quote about The human condition

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

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Topic
Effects of the past The past The human condition

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Source
The Great Gatsby
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Closing lines Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 9.

Another quote from 1913

Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.

Louis Brandeis

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Topic
Transparency in government

Author

Louis Brandeis
Source
What Publicity Can Do Harper's Magazine
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
English
Time
1913 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Brandeis, Louis. "What Publicity Can Do." Harper's Weekly, 20 Dec. 1913.