Suffering is only intolerable when nobody cares.

Cicely Saunders

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Topic

Suffering

Author

Cicely Saunders

Language

English

Time

1960 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Physician

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Saunders, Cicely. "The Management of Patients in the Terminal Stage." Cancer. Vol. 6, Butterworth and Company, 1960.

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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

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John F. Kennedy
Source
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Medium
Speech
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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

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Author

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Source
The Fugitive In Search of Lost Time
Medium
Novel
Genre
Modernist literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
French
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
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.