I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.

D.H. Lawrence

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Topic

Man and animals Self-pity

Author

D.H. Lawrence

Source

Self-Pity Pansies

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Lawrence, D.H. "Self-Pity." Pansies. Martin Secker, 1929, I. 1-2.

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How can you hesitate? Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Katherine Mansfield

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Topic
Going for it Taking risks

Author

Katherine Mansfield
Medium
Personal journal
Language
English
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Mansfield, Katherine. Journal entry. 10 Oct. 1922.

Current Citation

Mansfield, Katherine. The Katherine Mansfield Notebooks. Vol. 2, Lincoln University Press, 1997.

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There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man.

Sophocles

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Topic
Nature of man Man and animals

Author

Sophocles
Source
Antigone
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragic play Greek theater
Language
Greek
Time
441 BC 440s 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Sophocles. Ἀντιγόνη [Antigone]. c. 441 BC, Festival of Dionysus, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Sophocles. "Antigone." The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone, translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. Mariner Books, 2002.