Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

Simeon Strunsky

No Mean City

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Simeon Strunsky

Source

No Mean City

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Novel

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English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

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Writer

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Strunsky, Simeon. No Mean City. E.P. Dutton, 1944, ch. 38.

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And were an epitaph to be my story
I'd have a short one ready for my own.
I would have written of me on my stone:
I have a lovers quarrel with the world.

Robert Frost

The Lesson for Today

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Man and the world

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Robert Frost
Source
The Lesson for Today
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
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Frost, Robert. Reading of The Lesson for Today at Harvard University. 20 June 1941, Phi Beta Kappa Society meeting, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals. They seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

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Idealism Optimism Human nature

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Anne Frank
Source
The Diary of a Young Girl
Medium
Personal journal
Language
Dutch
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Frank, Anne. Journal entry. 15 July 1944.