Nor dread nor hope attend
A dying animal;
A man awaits his end
Dreading and hoping all.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Mystery of death Death Man and animals

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

Death

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Ireland Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Death." The Winding Stair and Other Poems. Macmillan and Company, 1933, I. 1.

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Another quote by W.B. Yeats

Things said or done long years ago,
Or things I did not do or say
But thought that I might say or do,
Weigh me down, and not a day
But something is recalled,
My conscience or my vanity appalled.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic
Remorse Regrets

Author

W.B. Yeats
Source
Vacillation
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Vacillation." The Winding Stair and Other Poems. The Macmillan Company, 1933, pt. 5, st. 2.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Vacillation." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 5, st. 2.

Another quote from the 1930s

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted-in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest...of his head.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Topic
Politics
Speaker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Radio address to the New York Herald Tribune Forum. 26 Oct. 1939, Washington, DC, USA.

Another quote about Death

Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us die.

Albert Camus

The Sea Close By

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Topic
Acceptance of death Death The human condition

Author

Albert Camus
Source
The Sea Close By
Medium
Essay
Language
French
Time
1953 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Camus, Albert. "The Sea Close By." Lyrical and Critical Essays. Vintage Books, 1970. Originally published in L'Eté [Summer]. Gallimard, 1954.