Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Robert Frost

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Topic

Happiness

Author

Robert Frost

Source

A Witness Tree

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1942 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Frost, Robert. "Happiness Makes Up in Height for What it Lacks in Length." A Witness Tree. Henry Holt and Company, 1942.

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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

George Orwell

Animal Farm

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Topic
Communism Equality

Author

George Orwell
Source
Animal Farm
Medium
Novel
Genre
Allegory Dystopian fiction
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Orwell, George. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story. Secker and Warburg, 1945, ch. 10.

Another quote about Happiness

Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go.

William Blake

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Topic
The human condition Wisdom Happiness Sadness

Author

William Blake
Source
Poems from the Pickering Manuscript
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1805 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Another quote from 1942

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness.

Margaret Millar

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Topic
Conversation
Speaker
Prye

Author

Margaret Millar
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Millar, Margaret. The Weak-Eyed Bat. Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1942, ch. 8.