I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance.

William Faulkner

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Human nature

Speaker

William Faulkner

Medium

Nobel Prize Lecture Speech

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Faulkner, William. Speech at the Nobel Banquet. Nobel Banquet. 10 Dec. 1950, City Hall, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

Vladimir Nabokov

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Vladimir Nabokov
Source
Lolita
Medium
Novel
Statement Type
Opening lines Assonance
Language
English
Time
1955 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. Olympia Press, 1955, ch. 1.

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If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

Abraham Lincoln

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Government Human nature Political theory Politics

Author

Abraham Lincoln
Source
Journals of Abraham Lincoln
Medium
Personal journal
Language
English
Time
1854 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragment: On Government." 1 July 1854?

Current Citation

Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragment on Government, 1854?" Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.