I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Topic

Hard work Idleness

Speaker

Theodore Roosevelt

Source

The Strenuous Life (speech) Speeches of Theodore Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

Occupation

American President Nobel laureate National leader Politician

From

United States

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Original Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore. "The Strenuous Life." Speech Before the Hamilton Club, Chicago, 10 Apr. 1899. Speech.

Current Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore. "The New Nationalism." Selected Speeches and Writings of Theodore Roosevelt. Edited by Gordon Hutner. Vintage, 2014.

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Happiness is the deferred fulfillment of a prehistoric wish. That is why wealth brings so little happiness; money is not an infantile wish.

Sigmund Freud

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Sigmund Freud
Medium
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Statement Type
Definition
Language
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Time
1898 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Letter to Wilhelm Fliess. 16 Jan. 1898.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. "January 16, 1898." The Complete Letters of Sigmund Freud to Wilhelm Fliess, 1887-1904. Translated and edited by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. Harvard UP, 1985.

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It is not the prize that can make us happy; it is not even the winning of the prize....[It is] the struggle, the long hot hour of the honest fight.... There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.

Anthony Trollope

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Anthony Trollope
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