A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.

Marjorie Rawlings

The Yearling

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Topic

Men and women

Speaker

Grandma Hutto

Author

Marjorie Rawlings

Source

The Yearling

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Rawlings, Marjorie. The Yearling. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938, ch. 12.

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Things said or done long years ago,
Or things I did not do or say
But thought that I might say or do,
Weigh me down, and not a day
But something is recalled,
My conscience or my vanity appalled.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic
Remorse Regrets

Author

W.B. Yeats
Source
Vacillation
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Vacillation." The Winding Stair and Other Poems. The Macmillan Company, 1933, pt. 5, st. 2.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Vacillation." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 5, st. 2.

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Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Marriage Gender relations Men and women
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Lord Henry "Harry" Wotton

Author

Oscar Wilde
Source
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Medium
Novel Magazine
Language
English
Time
1890 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 4.