My center is giving way, my right is retreating, situation excellent, I am attacking.

Mon centre céde, ma droite recule, situation excellente, j'attaque.

Ferdinand Foch

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Topic

Aggression Battle

Speaker

Ferdinand Foch

Language

French

Time

1914 1910s 20th century

Occupation

General Soldier

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Foch, Ferdinand. Message sent during the first Battle of the Marne. 8 Sept. 1914.

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Another quote from the 1910s

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I ––
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

The Road Not Taken

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Topic
Taking a different path Following the crowd

Author

Robert Frost
Source
The Road Not Taken
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Road Not Taken." Mountain Interval. Henry Holt, 1916, st. 4, I. 3.

Current Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Road Not Taken." Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays, edited by Richard Poirier and Mark Richardson. Library of America, 1995, st. 4, I. 3.

Another quote from 1914

Home is the place where, when you have to go there,
They have to take you in.

Robert Frost

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Topic
Home

Author

Robert Frost
Source
The Death of the Hired Man
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Definition
Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Death of the Hired Man." North of Boston. David Nutt, 1914.

Current Citation

Frost, Robert. "The Death of the Hired Man." Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays, edited by Richard Poirier and Mark Richardson. Library of America, 1995.

Another quote originally in French

God is, or He is not. But to which side shall we incline? Reason can decide nothing here. There is an infinite chaos which separates us. A game is being played at the extremity of this infinite distance where heads or tails will turn up. What will you wager?... If you win, you win everything; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation that He is.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

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Topic
Existence of God God Probability

Author

Blaise Pascal
Source
Pensées
Medium
Epigram
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1662 1660s 17th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 229.

Current Citation

Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 229.