The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic, the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Topic

Words vs. actions Critics

Author

Theodore Roosevelt

Language

English

Time

1891 1890s 19th century

Occupation

American President Nobel laureate National leader Politician

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. Historic Towns: New York. London and New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1891, ch. 14.

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Happiness is the deferred fulfillment of a prehistoric wish. That is why wealth brings so little happiness; money is not an infantile wish.

Sigmund Freud

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Topic
Happiness

Author

Sigmund Freud
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Definition
Language
German
Time
1898 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Letter to Wilhelm Fliess. 16 Jan. 1898.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. The Complete Letters of Sigmund Freud to Wilhelm Fliess, 1887-1904, translated and edited by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. Harvard University Press, 1985.