A little while and I will be gone from among you, whither I cannot tell. From nowhere we came, into nowhere we go. What is life? It is a flash of a firefly in the night. It is a breath of a buffalo in winter time. It is as the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.

Crowfoot

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Topic

Nature of life Life

Speaker

Crowfoot

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Native American leader Native American

From

Canada

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Crowfoot. Farewell to his people. 25 Apr. 1890, Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, Alberta, Canada.

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The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic
Unrequited love Challenges of love
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Leonard Charteris

Author

George Bernard Shaw
Source
The Philanderer Plays Unpleasant
Medium
Play
Genre
Satire
Language
English
Time
1898 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "The Philanderer." Plays Unpleasant. Penguin Classics, 2001, act 2. Originally published by Grant Richards, 1898.

Another quote about Life

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Topic
Nature of life Life
Speaker
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Medium
Speech
Language
English
Time
1911 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Class of '61." Fiftieth Anniversary of Graduation of the Harvard Class of 1861. 28 June 1911, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Current Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. "The Class of '61." The Essential Holmes, edited by Richard A. Posner. University of Chicago Press, 1997.