If equal affection cannot be
let the more loving one be me.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Unrequited love Generous love Love

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

The More Loving One

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Auden, W. H. "The More Loving One." Homage to Clio. ‎Faber and Faber/Random House, 1960.

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Evil is unspectacular and always human,
And shares our bed and eats at our table.

W.H. Auden

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Topic
Nature of evil Evil

Author

W.H. Auden
Source
Herman Melville
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Auden, W. H. "Herman Melville." Another Time. Faber and Faber/Random House, 1940.

Another quote from the 1950s

It will be convenient to have a name for the ideas which are esteemed at any time for their acceptability, and it should be a term that emphasizes this predictability. I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the conventional wisdom.

John Kenneth Galbraith

The Affluent Society

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Topic
Majority opinions Conformity Intellectual history

Author

John Kenneth Galbraith
Source
The Affluent Society
Genre
Sociology Economic literature
Language
English
Time
1958 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Galbraith, John Kenneth. The Affluent Society. Houghton Mifflin, 1958, ch. 2, sect. 1.

Another quote about Love

If music be the food of love, play on.
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken and so die.

William Shakespeare

Twelfth Night

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Topic
Music Excess Love
Speaker
Duke Orsino

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Twelfth Night
Medium
Play
Genre
Comedy (play) Romantic comedy (play)
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile Opening lines
Language
English
Time
1602 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Twelfth Night." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 1.