Necessity knows no law.

Mark Twain

The Innocents Abroad

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Topic

Desperation Causes of crime Crime Law

Author

Mark Twain

Source

The Innocents Abroad

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Humorist Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869, ch. 51.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad: or, The New Pilgrims' Progress. Random House Publishing Group, 2003, ch. 51.

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The vague, crepuscular time; the time of regrets that resemble hopes, of hopes that resemble regrets, when youth has passed, but old age has not yet arrived.

Ivan Turgenev

Fathers and Sons

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Middle age

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Ivan Turgenev
Source
Fathers and Sons
Medium
Novel
Language
Russian
Time
1862 1860s 19th century
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Turgenev, Ivan. "Отцы и дети [Fathers and Sons]." The Russian Messenger, 1862.

Current Citation

Turgenev, Ivan. Fathers and Sons, translated by Richard Freeborn. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote about Law

I fought the law, and the law won.

The Crickets

I Fought the Law

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Law Resisting authority The man
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The Crickets
Source
I Fought the Law
Genre
Rock and roll
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Curtis, Sonny. "I Fought the Law." Performed by The Crickets. In Style With the Crickets. Coral Records, 1960.