1912

Explore 16 quotes from the year 1912

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

Marthe Troly-Curtin

Phrynette Married

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Topic

Leisure Killing time Time

Author

Marthe Troly-Curtin

Source

Phrynette Married

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Troly-Curtin, Marthe. Phrynette Married. The Macmillan Company of Canada, 1912.

To believe in God is to yearn for His existence and, furthermore, it is to act as if He did exist.

Miguel de Unamuno

The Tragic Sense of Life

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Topic

Belief in God

Author

Miguel de Unamuno

Source

The Tragic Sense of Life

Language

Spanish

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Citation

De Unamuno, Miguel. Del Sentimiento Tragico de la Vida [The Tragic Sense of Life]. Sociedad anónima Editorial, 1913, ch. 8.

And as the smart ship grew
In stature, grace, and hue,
In shadowy silent distance grew the Iceberg too.

Thomas Hardy

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Topic

Disaster Foreboding

Author

Thomas Hardy

Source

The Convergence of the Twain

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Original Citation

Hardy, Thomas. "The Convergence of the Twain." Souvenir Programme for the Titanic Disaster Fund, 1912, st. 8.

Current Citation

Hardy, Thomas. "The Convergence of the Twain." Thomas Hardy: Selected Poems, edited by Robert Mezey. Penguin Classics, 1998, st. 8.

The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in the prejudices derived from common sense, from the habitual beliefs of his age or his nation, and from convictions which have grown up in his mind without the co-operation or consent of his deliberate reason.

Bertrand Russell

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Topic

Questioning one's beliefs Critical thinking Philosophy

Author

Bertrand Russell

Source

The Problems of Philosophy

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Russell, Bertrand. The Problems of Philosophy. Henry Holt and Company/Williams and Norgate, 1912, ch. 15.

I drank the silence of God from a spring in the woods.

Georg Trakl

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Topic

Silence Stillness Solitude The forest

Author

Georg Trakl

Source

De Profundis Gedichte

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

German

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Original Citation

Trakl, Georg. "De profundis." Gedichte. Contumax, 1913.

Current Citation

Trakl, Georg. "De profundis." To the Silenced, translated by Will Stone. Arc Publications, 2005.

There's nothing so dangerous as sitting still. You've only got one life, one youth, and you can let it slip through your fingers if you want to; nothing easier. Most people do that.

Willa Cather

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Topic

Carpe diem Procrastination Wasting time Youth

Speaker

Nils

Author

Willa Cather

Source

The Bohemian Girl

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Original Citation

Cather, Willa. "The Bohemian Girl." McClure's Magazine, Aug. 1912.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. "The Bohemian Girl." The Bohemian Girl: Stories. Harper Perennial, 2009.

Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

Carl Jung

The Psychology of the Unconscious

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Topic

Love Power Yin and y ang

Author

Carl Jung

Source

The Psychology of the Unconscious

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

German

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Jung, Carl. Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido [The Psychology of the Unconscious]. F. Deuticke, 1912.

Current Citation

Jung, Carl. "On the Psychology of the Unconscious." The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, translated by R. F. C. Hull. Vol. 7, Princeton University Press, 1972, pt. 4.

Among the Very Rich you will never find a really generous man, even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egoistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it.

G.K. Chesterton

Read A Miscellany of Men at Project Gutenberg

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Topic

Corrosive effects of wealth Downsides of wealth Wealth The rich

Author

G.K. Chesterton

Source

The Miser and His Friends A Miscellany of Men

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Chesterton, G.K. "A Miscellany of Men." The Wit, Whimsy and Wisdom of G.K. Chesterton. Vol. 6, Coachwhip Publications, 2009. Originally published by Methuen, 1912 .

Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.

John Burroughs

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Topic

Learning from nature Nature

Author

John Burroughs

Source

Time and Change

Genre

Nature writing

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Burroughs, John. "The Gospel of Nature." Time and Change. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1912.

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.

There is no human being on earth who is capable of declaring who he is, with certainty. No one knows what he has come to this world to do, to what his acts, feelings, ideas correspond, or what his real name is, his imperishable Name in the registry of Light.

Leon Bloy

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Topic

Self-knowledge The human condition

Author

Leon Bloy

Source

The Soul of Napoleon

Language

French

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Bloy, Leon. L'ame de Napoleon [The Soul of Napoleon]. 1912, introduction.

As to the sea itself, love it you cannot. Why should you? I will never believe again the sea was ever loved by anyone whose life was married to it. It is the creation of Omnipotence, which is not of humankind and understandable, and so the springs of its behavior are hidden.

Henry Major Tomlinson

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Topic

Ocean and sea

Author

Henry Major Tomlinson

Source

The Sea and the Jungle

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Tomlinson, Henry Major. The Sea and the Jungle. Duckworth & Co., 1912, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Tomlinson, Henry Major. The Sea and the Jungle. Dover Publications, 2015, ch. 1.

The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics.

Emmeline Pankhurst

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Topic

Women's suffrage movement Women's rights

Speaker

Emmeline Pankhurst

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Pankhurst, Emmeline. "The Argument of the Broken Pane." Dinner at the Connaught Rooms in Honour of the Released Prisoners. 16 Feb. 1912, Connaught Rooms, London, England, UK.

In this century, which is the century of light and the revelation of mysteries... It is well established that mankind and womankind as parts of composite humanity are coequal and that no difference in estimate is allowable, for all are human.

Abdu'l-Bahá

The Promulgation of Universal Peace

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Topic

Equality Men and women Gender relations Women's rights

Speaker

Abdu'l-Bahá

Source

The Promulgation of Universal Peace

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Baha, Abdul. Speech at woman's suffrage meeting. 20 May 1912, Metropolitan Temple, New York City, NY, USA.

Current Citation

Baha, Abdul. "May 20, 1912, at Metropolitan Temple, Seventh Avenue and Fourteenth St., New York. Woman's Suffrage Meeting." The Promulgation of Universal Peace. Baha'i Publishing, 2012.

I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it some day for a crown.

George Bennard

The Old Rugged Cross

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Topic

The crucifixion Forgiveness Eternal life

Author

George Bennard

Source

The Old Rugged Cross

Medium

Hymn Song

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Bennard, George. "The Old Rugged Cross." Heart and Life Songs for the Church, Sunday School, Home, and Campmeeting. 1915.

Great God! this is an awful place.

Robert Falcon Scott

On the South Pole.

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Topic

Antarctica

Author

Robert Falcon Scott

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Scott, Robert Falcon. Diary entry. 17 Jan. 1912.

Current Citation

Scott, Robert Falcon. "Wednesday, January 17 [1912]." Scott's Last Expedition. Oxford University Press, 2005.