O, my son's my son till he gets him a wife,
But my daughter's my daughter all her life.

Dinah Craik

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Topic

Mothers and sons Mothers and daughters

Speaker

Fea

Author

Dinah Craik

Source

Magnus and Morna

Language

English

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Craik, Dinah Mulock. "Magnus and Morna." Thirty Years: Being Poems, New and Old. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1881, sc. 2.

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The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.

Henrik Ibsen

An Enemy of the People

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Topic
Solitude Thinking for oneself
Speaker
Doctor Thomas Stockmann

Author

Henrik Ibsen
Source
An Enemy of the People
Medium
Play
Statement Type
Closing lines
Language
Norwegian
Time
1882 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Ibsen, Henrik. En folkefiende [An Enemy of the People]. Kobenhavn: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1882, act 5.

Current Citation

Ibsen, Henrik. "An Enemy of the People." A Doll's House and Other Plays, translated by Deborah Dawkin and Erik Skuggevik. Penguin Classics, 2016, act 5.