Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.

The Princess Bride

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Topic

Suffering The human condition

Speaker

The Man in Black

Actor

Cary Elwes

Source

The Princess Bride

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy (film) Fantasy (film) Comedy Fantasy

Language

English

Time

1987 1980s 20th century

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Citation

The Princess Bride. Directed by Rob Reiner, Act III Communications/Buttercup Films/The Princess Bride Ltd., 1987.

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Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.

Nelson Mandela

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Freedom Apartheid

Author

Nelson Mandela
Language
English
Time
1985 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Mandela, Nelson. Statement declining offer of freedom. Presented by Zindzi Mandela. 10 Feb. 1985, Jabulani Stadium, Soweto, South Africa, Africa.

Another quote about The human condition

Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows.

Hesiod

Works and Days

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Topic
Hard work Excellence Character Virtue The human condition

Author

Hesiod
Source
Works and Days
Medium
Poem
Genre
Didactic poem
Language
Greek
Time
700 BC 700s BC 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Hesiod. Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι [Works and Days]. c. 700 BC, l. 289.

Current Citation

Hesiod. "Works and Days." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 289.

Another quote from the following genre Comedy

If it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. I think that the worst you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.

Woody Allen

Love and Death

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Topic
Nature of God Existence of God God
Speaker
Boris Grushenko
Actor
Woody Allen
Source
Love and Death
Medium
Film
Genre
Comedy (film) Comedy
Language
English
Time
1975 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Love and Death. Directed by Woody Allen, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions, 1975.