Challenges of life

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O Life! thou art a galling load,
Along a rough, a weary road,
To wretches such as I!

Robert Burns

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Topic

Challenges of life Life The human condition

Author

Robert Burns

Source

Despondency

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1786 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Citation

Burns, Robert. "Despondency: An Ode." Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Kilmarnock: John Wilson, 1786, I. 4.

Just have one more try-it's dead easy to die,
It's the keeping-on-living that's hard.

Robert W. Service

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Topic

Persistence Never giving up Challenges of life Life

Author

Robert W. Service

Source

The Quitter

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Service, Robert W. "The Quitter." Rhymes of a Rolling Stone. Dodd, Mead and Co., 1912.

Welcome to the real world. It sucks. You’re gonna love it.

Monica Geller

Friends

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Topic

Challenges of life

Speaker

Monica Geller

Actor

Courteney Cox

Source

Friends

Medium

TV program

Genre

Sitcom Comedy (TV) Comedy

Language

English

Time

1994 1990s 20th century

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Citation

"The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate." Friends, written by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, directed by James Burrows, season 1, episode 1, Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions and Warner Bros. Television, 1994.

Life has killed the dream I dreamed.

Les Miserables

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Topic

Broken dreams Dreams Adversity Challenges of life

Speaker

Fantine

Actor

Anne Hathaway

Source

I Dreamed a Dream Les Miserables

Medium

Song Film

Genre

Musical (film) Epic (film) Musical Epic

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"I Dreamed a Dream." Les Misérables. Directed by Tom Hooper, performed by Anne Hathaway, Cameron Mackintosh Ltd/Working Title Films, 2012.

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and a little to be enjoyed.

Samuel Johnson

The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

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Topic

Challenges of life Life The human condition

Speaker

Imlac

Author

Samuel Johnson

Source

The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1759 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. The Prince of Abissinia: A Tale. London: R. and J. Dodsley/W. Johnston, 1759, ch. 11.

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Johnson, Samuel. The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. Penguin Classics, 2007, ch. 11.

There's an experienced rebel, Time,
And in his squadrons Poverty;
There's Age that brings along with him
A terrible artillery:
And if against all these thou keep'st thy crown,
Th'usurper Death will make thee lay it down.

Thomas Flatman

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Topic

Challenges of life Time Poverty Aging Death

Author

Thomas Flatman

Source

The Defiance

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1682 1680s 17th century

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Citation

Flatman, Thomas. "The Defiance." Poems and Songs. London: Benjamin Tooke, 1674.