1920s

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The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even murder with truth.

Alfred Adler

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Topic

Truth

Author

Alfred Adler

Source

The Problem of Neurosis

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

Unclear

Time

1929 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Adler, Alfred. Problems of Nerosis. Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1930.

I wish I loved the Human Race;
I wish I loved its silly face;
I wish I liked the way it walks;
I wish I liked the way it talks;
And when I'm introduced to one
I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!

Walter Alexander Raleigh

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Topic

Misanthropy

Author

Walter Alexander Raleigh

Source

Wishes of an Elderly Man

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Raleigh, Walter Alexander. "Wishes of an Elderly Man, Wished at a Garden Party, June 1914." Laughter from a Cloud. Constable, 1923, I. 1.

Current Citation

Raleigh, Walter Alexander. Wishes of an Elderly Man Wished at a Garden-Party, June 1914. Midsummer Press, 1983, I. 1.

Strange, when you come to think of it, that of all the countless folk who have lived before our time on this planet not one is known in history or in legend as having died of laughter.

Max Beerbohm

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Topic

Laughter Humor

Author

Max Beerbohm

Source

Laughter

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Beerbohm, Max. "Laughter." And Even Now. William Heinemann, 1920.

Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature-subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today... The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty.

William Osler

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Topic

Achievement Progress

Speaker

William Osler

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Osler, William. Quoted in The Life of Sir William Osler, written by Harvey Cushing. Vol. 1, Clarendon Press, 1925, ch. 24.

By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life.

James George Frazer

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Topic

Religion

Author

James George Frazer

Source

The Golden Bough

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Frazer, James George. The Golden Bough. London: The Macmillan Company, 1922, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Frazer, James George. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion. Oxford University Press, 1998, ch. 4.