The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life's morning.

Carl Jung

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Topic

Middle age Youth vs. old age

Author

Carl Jung

Source

The Stages of Life

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

German

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Psychiatrist Psychologist Writer

From

Switzerland Europe

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Citation

Jung, Carl. "Die Lebenswende." Seelenprobleme der Gegenwart. Rascher, 1931.

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Another quote by Carl Jung

Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt.

Carl Jung

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Topic
Fanaticism
Speaker
Carl Jung
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1935 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Jung, Carl. Lecture five of the Tavistock lectures. 1935, Tavistock Clinic, London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Jung, Carl. The Symbolic Life: Miscellaneous Writings. Routledge, 2014, pt. 1, lecture 5.

Another quote from the 1930s

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

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Topic
Questions Answers School of life

Author

Zora Neale Hurston
Source
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1937 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
Citation

Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. J. B. Lippincott Company, 1937, ch. 3.

Another quote originally in German

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophical Investigations

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Topic
Human body Body and soul

Author

Ludwig Wittgenstein
Source
Philosophical Investigations
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1953 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Philosophische Untersuchungen [Philosophical Investigations]. Suhrkamp, 1953, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Philosophical Investigations, translated by G. E. M. Anscombe, et. al., edited by P. M. S. Hacker and Joachim Schulte. Wiley Blackwell, 2009, pt. 2.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic
Appreciation Scarcity

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
1746 1740s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1746.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1746." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.