A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

George Moore

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Topic

Searching for something Seeking Travel

Author

George Moore

Source

The Brook Kerith

Statement Type

Paradox Irony

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Ireland Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Moore, George. The Brook Kerith: A Syrian Story. The Macmillan Company, 1916, ch. 11.

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My center is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking.

Ferdinand Foch

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Topic
Aggression Battle
Speaker
Ferdinand Foch
Language
French
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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Another quote about Travel

We are all travellers in what John Bunyan calls the wilderness of this world....and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic
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Author

Robert Louis Stevenson
Source
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
Genre
Autobiography and memoir Travel writing
Language
English
Time
1879 1870s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879.

Current Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Dover Publications, 2019.

Another quote from 1916

Breathless, we flung us on the windy hill,
Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass.

Rupert Brooke

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Topic
Experiencing nature

Author

Rupert Brooke
Source
The Hill
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Hill." Collected Poems. John Lane, 1916, I. 1.

Current Citation

Brooke, Rupert. "The Hill." The Poems of Rupert Brooke. Dover Publications, 2020, I. 1.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

I desire the things which will destroy me in the end.

Sylvia Plath

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Topic
Self-destruction Destructive impulses

Author

Sylvia Plath
Medium
Personal journal
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1951 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Plath, Sylvia. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962, edited by Karen V Kukil. Anchor Books, 2000. Originally a journal entry, 29 Mar. 1951.