In love, the only safety lies in flight.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Topic

Avoiding love Dangers of love Love

Author

Napoleon Bonaparte

Source

Memoirs (Napoleon)

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

French

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Emperor General National leader Politician

From

France Europe

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Citation

Bonaparte, Napoleon. Memoirs. c. 1831.

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William Hazlitt

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Fear of death

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Time
1822 1820s 19th century
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Hazlitt, William. "On the Fear of Death." Table-Talk; Or, Original Essays. Vol. 2, London: H. Colburn.

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My beloved is mine, and I am his.

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Song of Solomon The Bible
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Genre
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Language
Hebrew
Time
965 BC 960s BC 10th century BC
Era
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 2:16).

Another quote originally in French

Truly man is a marvelously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgement on him.

Michel de Montaigne

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Topic
Contradictory nature of man Nature of man

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Michel de Montaigne
Source
That Men by Various Means Arrive at the Same End Essays
Medium
Essay
Language
French
Time
1580 1580s 16th century
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De Montaigne, Michel. "Par Divers Moyens On Arrive a Pareille Fin [That Men by Various Means Arrive at the Same End]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

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De Montaigne, Michel. "We Reach the Same End by Discrepant Means." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.