To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Oscar Wilde

Fortnightly Review

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Topic

Surviving vs. thriving Living life to the fullest Carpe diem The human condition Life

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Soul of Man Under Socialism Fortnightly Review

Medium

Essay Magazine

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." Fortnightly Review. London: Chapman and Hall, Feb. 1891.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Soul of Man Under Socialism." The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose, edited by Linda Dowling. Penguin Classics, 2001.

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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one. What treaty that the whites ever made with us red men have they kept? Not one. When I was a boy the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set in their lands. They sent 10,000 horsemen to battle. Where are the warriors to-day? Who slew them? Where are our lands ? Who owns them ? What white man can say I ever stole his lands or a penny of his money? Yet they say I am a thief. What white woman, however lonely, was ever when a captive insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian. What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and gone unfed ? Who has ever seen me beat my wives or abuse my children ? What law have I broken ? Is it wrong for me to love my own ? Is it wicked in me because my skin is red ; because I am a Sioux ; because I was born where my fathers lived ; because I would die for my people and my country ?

Sitting Bull

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Topic
US and Native American relations American expansion
Speaker
Sitting Bull
Language
Lakota
Time
1890 1890s 19th century
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Citation

Sitting Bull. Quoted in Life of Sitting Bull and History of the Indian War of 1890-'91, written by W. Fletcher Johnson. Edgewood Publishing Co., 1891.

Another quote about The human condition

The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.

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Topic
Suffering The human condition

Author

Ernest Hemingway
Source
A Farewell to Arms
Medium
Novel
Genre
War novel
Language
English
Time
1929 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. "A Farewell to Arms." Scribner's Magazine, May 1929 - Oct. 1929, bk. 4, ch. 34.

Current Citation

Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell to Arms. Scribners, 1995, bk. 4, ch. 34.