Tis strange,—but true; for truth is always strange;
Stranger than fiction.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Truth vs. fiction Truth

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1823 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Hunt, 1823, canto 14, st. 101.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 14, st. 101.

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How little do we know that which we are!
How less what we may be!

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Topic
Human potential Human nature

Author

Lord Byron
Source
Don Juan
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1824 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Hunt, 1824, canto 15, st. 99.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 15, st. 99.

Another quote from the 1820s

There's not a string attuned to mirth
But has its chord in melancholy.

Thomas Hood

Ode to Melancholy

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Topic
Yin and yang Melancholy

Author

Thomas Hood
Source
Ode to Melancholy
Language
English
Time
1827 1820s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Ode to Melancholy." The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur and Other Poems. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green/Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1827.

Current Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Ode to Melancholy." Selected Poems of Thomas Hood. Harvard University Press, 1970.

Another quote about Truth

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but by the heart.

Blaise Pascal

Pensées

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Topic
Knowing the truth Truth Limits of reason Intuition

Author

Blaise Pascal
Source
Pensées
Medium
Epigram
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
French
Time
1670 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 1.

Current Citation

Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 1.