Man is a history-making creature who can neither repeat his past nor leave it behind.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

The past History The human condition

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

D.H. Lawrence

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1962 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Auden, W. H. "D. H. Lawrence." The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays. Random House, 1962.

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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
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Citation

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

Another quote from the 1960s

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

John Lennon

Give Peace a Chance

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Topic
Anti-war Peace
Speaker
John Lennon
Source
Give Peace a Chance
Medium
Song
Genre
Pop music
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1969 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Lennon, John and Paul McCartney. Give Peace a Chance. Performed by Plastic Ono Band. Apple Records, 1969.

Another quote about The human condition

Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman-a rope over an abyss.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

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Topic
Nature of man The human condition

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen [Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1883, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra, edited by Robert Pippin, translated by Adrian Del Caro. Cambridge University Press, 2006, pt. 1.