There is no human being on earth who is capable of declaring who he is, with certainty. No one knows what he has come to this world to do, to what his acts, feelings, ideas correspond, or what his real name is, his imperishable Name in the registry of Light.

Il n'y a pas un etre humain capable de dire ce qu'il est, avec certitude. Nul ne sait ce qu'il est venu faire en ce mond, a quoi correspondent ses actes, ses sentiments, ses pensees; qui sont ses plus proches parmi tous les homes, ni quel est son nom veritable, son imperissable Nom dans le registre de la Lumiere.

Leon Bloy

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Topic

Self-knowledge The human condition

Author

Leon Bloy

Source

The Soul of Napoleon

Language

French

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Catholic Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Bloy, Leon. L'ame de Napoleon [The Soul of Napoleon]. 1912, introduction.

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The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime.

Sir Edward Grey

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World War I
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Sir Edward Grey
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
1914 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Grey, Edward. Twenty-Five Years, 1892-1916. Vo1. 2, Frederick A. Stokes, 1925, ch. 18.

Another quote about The human condition

As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.

Psalm 103:15-16

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Ephemeral nature of life Shortness of life The human condition
Source
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Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
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Hebrew
Time
450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Psalm 103:15-16).

Another quote originally in French

We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and smug in "the social," our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow of an artificial coziness, and our half-closed eyes now seek little other than the peaceful parade of television pictures.

Jean Baudrillard

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Modern life

Author

Jean Baudrillard
Source
Cool Memories
Language
French
Time
1987 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Baudrillard, Jean. Cool Memories: 1980-1985. Editions Galilee, 1987, ch. 1.