All's fair in love and war.

Frank E. Smedley

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Love and war

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Peter Barnett

Author

Frank E. Smedley

Statement Type

Precepts and axioms

Language

English

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

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Citation

Smedley, Francis Edward. Frank Fairlegh; or, Scenes from the life of a private pupil. London: A. Hall, Virtue, & Co., 1850, ch. 50.

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Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

Alfred Tennyson

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Topic
Lost love Broken heart Love

Author

Alfred Tennyson
Source
In Memoriam A.H.H.
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1850 1850s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. In Memoriam A.H.H. London: Edward Moxon, 1850, pt. 27, st. 4.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "In Memoriam A.H.H." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, pt. 27, st. 4.

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There is... Only a single categorical imperative and it is this: Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.

Immanuel Kant

The Metaphysics of Morals

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How to behave Moral theory

Author

Immanuel Kant
Source
The Metaphysics of Morals
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms Advice
Language
German
Time
1785 1780s 18th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Kant, Immanuel. Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten [Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals]. Riga: J. F. Hartknoch, 1785.

Current Citation

Kant, Immanuel. Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, translated by Mary Gregor and Jes Timmermann. Cambridge University Press, 2012.