If there wasn't death, I think you couldn't go on.

Stevie Smith

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Topic

Immortality Death

Author

Stevie Smith

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1969 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Smith, Stevie. Observer. 9 Nov. 1969.

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Another quote from the 1960s

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

Margaret Thatcher

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Topic
Women in politics Politics
Speaker
Margaret Thatcher
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1965 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Thatcher, Margaret. Speech to members of the National Union of Townswomen’s Guilds. 20 May 1965, Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK.

Another quote about Death

Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The Portable Atheist

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Topic
Living life to the fullest Life and death Life Death

Author

Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Source
How (and Why) I Became an Infidel The Portable Atheist
Medium
Essay
Genre
Religious literature
Language
English
Time
2007 2000s 21st century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hirsi Ali, Ayaan. "How (and Why) I Became an Infidel." The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever, edited by Christopher Hitchens. Da Capo Press, 2007, ch. 47.

Another quote of the following type Paradox

Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.

William Shakespeare

Timon of Athens

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Topic
Perverse incentives Sin Mercy
Speaker
First Senator

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Timon of Athens
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
English
Time
1616 1610s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Timon of Athens." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 3, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Timon of Athens." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 5.