Unhappiness

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Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded.

Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

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Topic

FOMO Isolation Unhappiness

Author

Mary Shelley

Source

Frankenstein

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, ch. 10.

Current Citation

Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text. Penguin Classics, 2018, ch. 10.

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.

William Shakespeare

The Tempest

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Topic

Suffering Unhappiness

Speaker

Trinculo

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

The Tempest

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Tempest." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Tempest." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 2.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Oscar Wilde

A Woman of No Importance

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Topic

Unhappiness Discontent Motivation What motivates people Personal growth Progress

Speaker

Lord Illingworth

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

A Woman of No Importance

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1893 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. A Woman of No Importance. 1893, Haymarket Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "A Woman of No Importance." The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 2.

He felt the loyalty we all feel to unhappiness—the sense that that is where we really belong.

Graham Greene

The Heart of the Matter

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Topic

Unhappiness Melancholy Depression

Author

Graham Greene

Source

The Heart of the Matter

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Greene, Graham. The Heart of the Matter. William Heinemann/The Viking Press, 1948, bk. 2, pt. 2, sec. 1.

All I can guarantee you is that as long as you are searching for happiness, you will remain unhappy.

U.G. Krishnamurti

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Topic

Seeking happiness Seeking Happiness Unhappiness

Author

U.G. Krishnamurti

Source

Mind is a Myth: Disquieting Conversations with the Man Call U. G. 1988

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1984 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Krishnamurti, U. G. Mind is a Myth: Disquieting Conversations with the Man Called U. G. Dinesh, 1988.

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

Eric Hoffer

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Topic

Seeking happiness Happiness Unhappiness Seeking

Author

Eric Hoffer

Source

The Passionate State of Mind and Other Aphorisms

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1955 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hoffer, Eric. The Passionate State of Mind, and Other Aphorisms. Harper & Row, 1955, no. 280.

Relationships should be based on value and fact, on how you get on, on what things you enjoy together. I think romance has caused more unhappiness almost than anything.

Diana Athill

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Topic

Romance Relationships Love Unhappiness

Speaker

Diana Athill

Source

Write, Never Marry, and Other Love Advice from Simone de Beauvoir's Editor Lenny's Letter

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Athill, Diana. "Write, Never Marry, and Other Love Advice from Simone de Beauvoir's Editor." Written by Anya Raza. Lenny Letter, 21 Apr. 2017.