These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic

The present The human condition

Speaker

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Public and Private Education

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Public and Private Education." 27 Nov. 1864, Boston, MA, USA.

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Another quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: First Series (Emerson)

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Topic
Going for it Taking risks

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
Prudence Essays: First Series (Emerson)
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Paradox Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1841 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Prudence." Essays: First Series. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1841.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Prudence." The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Brooks Atkinson. Modern Library, 2000.

Another quote from the 1860s

Jesus loves me, this I know,
For the Bible tells me so.

Anna Bartlett Warner

The Love of Jesus

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Topic
Jesus's love Jesus

Author

Anna Bartlett Warner
Source
The Love of Jesus
Medium
Hymn Song
Language
English
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
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Citation

Warner, Anna Bartlett. Quoted in "Jesus Loves Me, This I Know." Say and Seal, written by Susan Warner. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1860.

Another quote about The human condition

There is a tide in the affairs of men
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.

William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

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Topic
Timing Randomness Fortune Tides The human condition
Speaker
Brutus

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Julius Caesar
Medium
Play
Genre
History (play) Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1599 1590s 16th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, 1599, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 3.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Julius Caesar." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 3.

Another quote from 1864

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Victor Hugo

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Topic
Limits of language

Author

Victor Hugo
Source
William Shakespeare
Language
French
Time
1864 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hugo, Victor. William Shakespeare. Paris: Lacroix & Verboeckhoven & Cie, 1864, pt. 1, bk. 2, ch. 4.