God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly.

Paul Valéry

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Men and women

Author

Paul Valéry

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Essay

Language

French

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

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Citation

Valery, Paul. Moralites. Librairie Gallimard, 1932.

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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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Nature of evil Evil

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W.H. Auden
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Herman Melville
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Poem
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Citation

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

Another quote about Men and women

When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy that it implies, then the "division" of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.

Simone de Beauvoir

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Women's equality Men and women

Author

Simone de Beauvoir
Source
The Second Sex
Genre
Historical literature Feminist literature
Language
French
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Deuxième Sexe [The Second Sex]. Vol. 2, Gallimard, 1949.

Current Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex, translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier. Vintage, 2011.

Another quote from 1941

Submit to me as soon as possible a draft showing... Measures already taken for the execution of the intended final solution of the Jewish question.

Hermann Goring

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The Holocaust

Author

Hermann Goring
Medium
Letter
Language
German
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Goering, Hermann. Directive to Reinhard Heydrich. 31 July 1941.

Another quote originally in French

Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Discourse on Political Economy

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Accumulation of wealth Money

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Source
Discourse on Political Economy
Genre
Political literature
Language
French
Time
1755 1750s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Discours sur l'economie politique [Discourse on Political Economy]. Encyclopédie, 1755.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Discourse on the Political Economy." The Basic Political Writings, translated by Donald A. Cress. Hackett, 2012.