The tragedy of love is indifference.

William Somerset Maugham

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Topic

Unrequited love Dangers of love Love

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Neilson

Author

William Somerset Maugham

Source

Red The Trembling of a Leaf

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Maugham. William Somerset. The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands. George H. Doran Company, 1921.

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We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

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Topic
Healing Suffering

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Source
The Fugitive In Search of Lost Time
Medium
Novel
Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
French
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Proust, Marcel. Albertine disparue [Albertine Gone]. Paris: Gallimard, 1927.

Current Citation

Proust, Marcel. The Fugitive, edited and translated by Peter Collier. Penguin Classics, 2021.

Another quote about Love

Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.

William Blake

Songs of Experience

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Generous love Nature of love Love

Author

William Blake
Source
Songs of Experience
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1794 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. "The Clod and the Pebble." Songs of Innocence and of Experience Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul. London, 1794.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "The Clod & the Pebble." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.