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

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Citation

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

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I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

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Routine Coffee Passage of time

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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Eliot, T. S. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, June 1915, I. 51.

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Eliot, T. S. "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." The Waste Land and Other Poems. Vintage, 2021, I. 51.

Another quote about Travel

Happy is he who, like Ulysses, has made a glorious voyage.

Joachim Du Bellay

Les Regrets

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Effects of travel Travel

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Joachim Du Bellay
Source
Les Regrets
Medium
Poem
Language
French
Time
1558 1550s 16th century
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Du Bellay, Joachim. "Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage." Les Regrets. Paris: Fédéric Morel, 1558.

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Du Bellay, Joachim. "Happy is he who, like Ulysses, has made a fine journey." The Regrets, translated by David R. Slavitt. Northwestern University Press, 2003.

Another quote from 1916

I'd rather sing one wild song and burst my heart with it, than live a thousand years watching my digestion and being afraid of the wet.

Jack London

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Living life to the fullest Jumping in Living in fear Fear
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Polly

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Jack London
Source
The Turtles of Tasman
Medium
Short story
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
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Citation

London, Jack. The Turtles of Tasman. Macmillan, 1916.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

One cannot step twice into the same river, for the waters are continually flowing on.

Heraclitus

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The only constant is change Change Rivers

Author

Heraclitus
Medium
Presocratic fragment Fragment
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
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Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B12.

Current Citation

Heraclitus. "Heraclitus of Ephesus." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009, DK B12.