Love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.

Liebe ist nicht da um uns glücklich zu machen. Ich glaube sie ist da, um uns zu zeigen, wie stark wir im Leiden und Tragen sein können.

Hermann Hesse

Peter Camenzind

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Topic

Purpose of love Love

Speaker

Erminia Aglietti

Author

Hermann Hesse

Source

Peter Camenzind

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story

Language

German

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Writer

From

Switzerland Europe

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Original Citation

Hesse, Herman. Peter Camenzind. Samuel Fischer, 1904.

Current Citation

Hesse, Herman. Peter Camenzind, translated by Michael Roloff. Picador, 2003.

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Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.

Hermann Hesse

Siddhartha

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Siddhartha

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Hermann Hesse
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Siddhartha
Language
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Time
1922 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha: Eine Indische Dichtung [Siddhartha: An Indian Poetry]. S. Fischer Verlag, 1922.

Current Citation

Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha, translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Penguin Classics, 2002.

Another quote from the 1900s

All the steam in the world could not, like the Virgin, build Chartres.

Henry Adams

The Education of Henry Adams

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Technological progress Downsides of progress Disenchanted world

Author

Henry Adams
Source
The Education of Henry Adams
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1907 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams. 1907, ch. 25.

Current Citation

Adams, Henry. "The Education of Henry Adams." Henry Adams: Democracy, Esther, Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams, edited by Ernest Samuels and Jayne Samuels. Library of America, 1983, ch. 25.

Another quote about Love

Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love.

Virgil

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Power of love Love
Speaker
Gallus

Author

Virgil
Source
Eclogues
Medium
Poem
Language
Latin
Time
37 BC 30s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Virgil. Eclogae [Eclogues]. c. 30 BC, no. 10.

Current Citation

Virgil. "The Eclogues." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, no. 10.

Another quote originally in German

The revolution is like Saturn-it eats its children.

Georg Büchner

Danton's Death

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Topic
Revolution
Speaker
Danton

Author

Georg Büchner
Source
Danton's Death
Language
German
Time
1835 1830s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Buchner, George. Dantons Tod [Danton's Death]. 5 Jan. 1902, Berlin, Germany, act 1, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Buchner, George. "Danton's Death." Danton's Death, Leonce and Lena, and Woyzeck, translated by Victor Price. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 1, sc. 5.