Money is the necessity that frees us from necessity.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Financial freedom Money Freedom

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

A Poet of the Actual Forewords and Afterwords

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Auden, W. H. "A Poet of the Actual." Forewords and Afterwords. Random House/Faber and Faber, 1973.

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Evil is unspectacular and always human,
And shares our bed and eats at our table.

W.H. Auden

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Topic
Nature of evil Evil

Author

W.H. Auden
Source
Herman Melville
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Auden, W. H. "Herman Melville." Another Time. Faber and Faber/Random House, 1940.

Another quote from the 1970s

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for and deserted by everybody.

Mother Teresa

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Topic
Isolation Loneliness
Speaker
Mother Teresa
Language
English
Time
1971 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Mother Teresa. Quoted in Do Something Beautiful for God, written by Malcolm Muggeridge. Harper Collins, 1971.

Another quote about Freedom

The boisterous sea of liberty indeed is never without a wave.

Thomas Jefferson

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Topic
Freedom as disruptive force Nature of freedom Freedom

Author

Thomas Jefferson
Medium
Letter
Genre
Political writing
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1820 1820s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to Marquis de Lafayette. 26 Dec. 1820.