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

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Smith, Stevie. Observer. 9 Nov. 1969.

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Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.

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Topic
Newspapers

Author

Norman Mailer
Source
She Thought the Russians Was Coming Esquire
Medium
Magazine
Language
English
Time
1960 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Mailer, Norman. "She Thought the Russians Was Coming." Esquire, 1 June 1960.

Another quote about Death

Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too truly to be fearful of the night.

Sarah Williams

The Old Astronomer

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Topic
Fear of death Death

Author

Sarah Williams
Source
The Old Astronomer
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1868 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Williams, Sarah. "The Old Astronomer." Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse. Strahan and Co., 1868, I. 15.

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.