Take away time is money, and what is left of England? Take away cotton is king, and what is left of America?

Otez Time is money, que reste-t-il de l'Angleterre? Otez Cotton is king, que rest-t-il de l'Amerique?

Victor Hugo

Les Miserables

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England America

Author

Victor Hugo

Source

Les Miserables

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1862 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Hugo, Victor. Les Misérables. Vol. 3, Bruxelles: A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie, 1862, bk. 4, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Hugo, Victor. Les Misérables. Wordsworth Editions, 1994, pt. 3, bk. 4, ch. 4.

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Our chief want in life is, somebody who shall make us do what we can.

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Another quote about America

The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.

Thomas Paine

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Common Sense
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Pamphlet
Genre
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English
Time
1776 1770s 18th century
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Paine, Thomas [published anonymously]. Common Sense. Philadelphia: R. Bell, 1776.

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Another quote from 1862

If a man walk in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. As if a town had no interest in its forests but to cut them down!

Henry David Thoreau

Life Without Principle

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Henry David Thoreau
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Life Without Principle The Atlantic
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
English
Time
1862 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Life Without Principle." The Atlantic, Oct. 1863.

Current Citation

Thoreau, Henry David. "Life Without Principle." Walden and Other Writings. Modern Library, 2000.

Another quote originally in French

No human creature can give orders to love.

George Sand

Jacques

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Nature of love

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George Sand
Source
Jacques
Medium
Novel
Language
French
Time
1834 1830s 19th century
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Citation

Sand, George. Jacques. 1833, ch. 81.