I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

Je souhairtais que toute vie humaine fut une pure liberte transparente.

Simone de Beauvoir

The Blood of Others

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Topic

Liberation

Author

Simone de Beauvoir

Source

The Blood of Others

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Wish

Language

French

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Feminist Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Sang des autres [The Blood of Others]. Gallimard, 1945, ch. 5.

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Prove yourself brave, truthful, and unselfish, and someday, you will be a real boy.

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Medium
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Genre
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Time
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Pinocchio. Directed by Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske, Walt Disney Productions, 1940.

Another quote from 1945

Owe your banker 1,000 and you are at his mercy; owe him 1 million and the position is reversed.

John Maynard Keynes

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Topic
Debt Finance

Author

John Maynard Keynes
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. Memo circulated to British War Cabinet. 15 May 1945.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "Overseas Financial Policy in Stage III (1945)." The Essential Keynes. Penguin, edited by Robert Skidelsky, 2016.

Another quote originally in French

Extremes meet.

Louis Sebastian Mercier

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Topic
Horseshoe theory

Author

Louis Sebastian Mercier
Source
Tableau de Paris
Language
French
Time
1782 1780s 18th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Mercier, Louis-Sebastien. "Les Extremes se touchent." Tableau de Paris. Amsterdam, 1782, vol. 4, ch. 348.