What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

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Purpose of life Killing time

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Daisy Buchanan

Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Source

The Great Gatsby

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United States

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Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 7.

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Time
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Citation

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925, ch. 1.

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The great masses of the people...more easily fall a victim to a big lie than to a little one.

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Adolf Hitler
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Mein Kampf
Genre
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Language
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Time
1925 1920s 20th century
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Citation

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What is this life if, full of care,
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Taking one's time Slowing down Busyness Purpose of life Life

Author

W.H. Davies
Source
Leisure Songs of Joy and Others
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1911 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Davies, W. H. "Leisure." Songs of Joy and Others. A. C. Fifield, 1911.