It's certain there is no fine thing
Since Adam's fall but needs much labouring.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Necessity of work Work

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

Adam's Curse

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Adam's Curse." In the Seven Woods. Elizabeth Yeats's Dun Emer Press, 1903.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Adam's Curse." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.

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Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." The Dial, Nov. 1920.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote from the 1900s

Pessimism (or rather what is called such) is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed.

Thomas Hardy

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Pessimism Low expectations

Author

Thomas Hardy
Medium
Personal journal
Language
English
Time
1902 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hardy, Thomas. Notebook entry. 1 Jan. 1902.

Current Citation

Hardy, Thomas. Quoted in The Poetry of Thomas Hardy: A Handbook and Commentary, written by J. O. Bailey. UNC Press Books, 2018.

Another quote about Work

I don't like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself. Your own reality—for yourself, not for others—what no other man can ever know.

Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

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Joseph Conrad
Source
Heart of Darkness
Language
English
Time
1899 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness." Blackwood's Magazine. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, Feb. 1899 - Apr. 1899.

Current Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness." Heart of Darkness and Other Tales, edited by Cedric Watts. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 1.