Four things greater than all things are,—
Women and Horses and Power and War.

Rudyard Kipling

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Topic

Women Power War Horses

Author

Rudyard Kipling

Source

The Ballad of the King's Jest

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Asia Europe

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Original Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Ballad of the King's Jest." Macmillan’s Magazine, Feb. 1890, I. 38.

Current Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Ballad of the King's Jest." The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling. Wordsworth Editions, 1999.

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They change their skies above them,
But not their hearts that roam!

Rudyard Kipling

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Topic
Limitations of travel Travel

Author

Rudyard Kipling
Source
The Native-Born
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1895 1890s 19th century
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Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Native-Born." London Times, 1895, st. 2.

Another quote from the 1890s

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.

Another quote about War

If the Persians hide the sun, the battle will be in shade rather than sunlight.

Herodotus

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Topic
Battle of Thermopylae Courage War
Speaker
Dieneces of Sparta

Author

Herodotus
Source
Histories
Genre
Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 7, sect. 226.

Current Citation

Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 7, sect. 226.