Castles in the air-they are so easy to take refuge in. And easy to build, too.

Henrik Ibsen

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Topic

Delusion Dreams

Speaker

Hilda Wangel

Author

Henrik Ibsen

Source

The Master Builder

Medium

Play

Genre

Drama (play)

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Norwegian

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Norway Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Ibsen, Henrik. Bygmester Solness [The Master Builder]. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1892, act 3.

Current Citation

Ibsen, Henrik. "The Master Builder." The Master Builder and Other Plays, translated by Barbara Haveland and Anne-Marie Stanton-Ife. Penguin Classics, 2015, act 3.

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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

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Topic
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Author

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Source
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Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist." Intentions. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1891, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Critic as Artist Part II." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Only the tiniest fraction of mankind want freedom.
All the rest want someone to tell them they are free.

Irving Layton

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Topic
True freedom Delusion

Author

Irving Layton
Language
English
Time
1969 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Layton, Irving. "Aphs." The Whole Bloody Bird: Obs, Aphs & Pomes. McClelland & Stewart, 1969.

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Fish and Visitors stink after three days.

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Topic
Wearing out one's welcome Guests and visitors Hospitality

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1736 1730s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
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Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1736.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.