One can't love humanity. One can only love people.

Graham Greene

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Topic

Loving others

Author

Graham Greene

Source

The Ministry of Fear

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Greene, Graham. The Ministry of Fear. William Heinemann, 1943, bk. 3, ch. 2.

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Another quote from the 1940s

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Winston Churchill

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Topic
World War II
Speaker
Winston Churchill
Source
The Few
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "The Few." House of Commons meeting. 20 Aug. 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

Current Citation

Churchill, Winston. "The Battle of Britain: 'The Few'." Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: The Great Speeches, edited by David Cannadine. Penguin Classics, 2007.

Another quote from 1943

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The Little Prince

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Topic
What really matters The heart Perception Reason and emotion
Speaker
Fox

Author

Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Source
The Little Prince
Language
French
Time
1943 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

De Saint-Exupery, Antoine. Le Petit Prince [The Little Prince]. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943, ch. 21.