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

The Princess Bride

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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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What we may be witnessing is not just the end of the Cold War but the end of history as such: that is, the end point of man's ideological evolution and the universalism of Western liberal democracy.

Francis Fukuyama

The End of History?

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Topic
Cold War End of history Democracy International politics
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Francis Fukuyama
Source
The End of History?
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
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Language
English
Time
1989 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Fukuyama, Francis. "The End of History?" National Interest, summer 1989.

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What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable; in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god: the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals-And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Man Human nature The human condition
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Hamlet

Author

William Shakespeare
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Hamlet
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Language
English
Time
1616 1610s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 2.

Another quote from the following genre Comedy

Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

Animal House

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Slovenliness
Speaker
Dean Vernon Wormer
Actor
John Vernon
Source
Animal House
Medium
Film
Genre
Comedy (film) Comedy
Statement Type
Advice Insult
Language
English
Time
1978 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Animal House. Directed by John Landis, Universal Pictures, 1978.