Time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

Le temps est un grand maître, dit-on; le malheur est qu'il soit un maître inhumain qui tue ses élèves.

Hector Berlioz

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Effects of time Time

Author

Hector Berlioz

Source

Letters of Hector Berlioz

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Irony

Language

French

Time

1856 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Composer Conductor

From

France Europe

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Citation

Berlioz, Hector. Personal letter. Nov. 1856.

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There is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.

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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

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Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Medium
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Language
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Time
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Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. London: Richard Bentley/New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851, ch. 87.

Current Citation

Melville, Herman. Moby-Dick or, The Whale. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 87.

Another quote about Time

The strongest of all warriors are these two-Time and Patience.

Leo Tolstoy

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Leo Tolstoy
Source
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Medium
Novel
Language
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Time
1869 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. "Война и миръ [War and Peace]." The Russian Messenger, 1865-1867. Serial.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. Oxford University Press, 2010.

Another quote originally in French

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

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Healing Suffering

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The Fugitive In Search of Lost Time
Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
1922 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Proust, Marcel. Albertine disparue [Albertine Gone]. Paris: Gallimard, 1927.

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Proust, Marcel. The Fugitive, edited and translated by Peter Collier. Penguin Classics, 2021.

Another quote of the following type Irony

There is no racial bigotry here! I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops, or greasers! Here, you are all equally worthless!

Gunnery Sargent Hartman

Full Metal Jacket

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Gunnery Sargent Hartman
Actor
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Full Metal Jacket
Medium
Film
Genre
War (film) War
Statement Type
Irony
Language
English
Time
1987 1980s 20th century
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Full Metal Jacket. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Natant/Harrier Films, 1987.