One lives but once in this world.

Man lebt nur Einmal in der Welt.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Clavigo

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Topic

Preciousness of life Nature of life

Speaker

Carlos

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Clavigo

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1774 1770s 18th century

Occupation

Writer

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Germany Europe

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Citation

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Clavigo. Leipzig: In der Weygand'schen Buchhandlung, 1774, act 1, sc. 1.

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Another quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Life teaches us to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Iphigenia in Tauris

Read Iphigenia in Tauris at Project Gutenberg
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Topic
Mellowing with age Life lessons
Speaker
Pylades

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
Iphigenia in Tauris
Medium
Play
Language
German
Time
1787 1780s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Iphigenie auf Tauris [Iphigenia in Taurus]. 1779, Ducal private theater, Weimar, Germany, act 4, sc. 4.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Iphigenia in Tauris." Goethe: The Collected Works: Verse Plays and Epic, edited by Cyrus Hamlin and Frank Ryder. Vol. 8, Princeton University Press, 1995, act 4, sc. 4.

Another quote from the 1770s

I agree with you, that in Politicks the Middle Way is none at all.

John Adams

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Topic
The political center Political ideology Politics

Author

John Adams
Source
Letters of John Adams
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1776 1770s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Adams, John. Letter to Horatio Gates. 23 Mar. 1776.

Current Citation

“From John Adams to Horatio Gates, 23 March 1776,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-04-02-0023.

Another quote about Nature of life

Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.

Allen Saunders

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Topic
Being present Nature of life Life

Author

Allen Saunders
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Saunders, Allen. Quoted in Reader's Digest. Jan. 1957.

Another quote originally in German

If a man has been his mother's undisputed darling he retains throughout life the triumphant feeling, the confidence in success, which not seldom brings actual success with it.

Sigmund Freud

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Topic
Effects of childhood Mothers and sons

Author

Sigmund Freud
Genre
Psychological literature
Language
German
Time
1917 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. "Eine Kindheitserinnerung aus 'Dichtung und Wahrheit [A Childhood Recollection from 'Dichtung und Warheit [Poetry and Truth].'" Zeitschrift für Anwendung der Psychoanalyse auf die Geisteswissenschaften [Journal of the Application of Psychoanalysis to the Humanities]. Vol. 5, 1917, pp. 49–57.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. "A Childhood Recollection from 'Dichtung Und Wahrheit.'" The Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud: An Infantile Neurosis and Other Works, translated by James Strachey. Vol. 17, Vintage, 2001.