I am the Love that dare not speak its name.

Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas

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Topic

Being gay Homosexuality

Author

Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas

Source

Two Loves

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1894 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Douglas, Alfred Bruce. "Two Loves." The Chameleon, Dec. 1894.

Current Citation

Douglas, Alfred Bruce. "Two Loves." Two Loves and Other Poems. Bennett & Kitchel, 1990.

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Another quote from the 1890s

Happiness is the deferred fulfillment of a prehistoric wish. That is why wealth brings so little happiness; money is not an infantile wish.

Sigmund Freud

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Topic
Happiness

Author

Sigmund Freud
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Definition
Language
German
Time
1898 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Letter to Wilhelm Fliess. 16 Jan. 1898.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. The Complete Letters of Sigmund Freud to Wilhelm Fliess, 1887-1904, translated and edited by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. Harvard University Press, 1985.