Money is the necessity that frees us from necessity.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Financial freedom Money Freedom

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

A Poet of the Actual Forewords and Afterwords

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Auden, W. H. "A Poet of the Actual." Forewords and Afterwords. Random House/Faber and Faber, 1973.

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Evil is unspectacular and always human,
And shares our bed and eats at our table.

W.H. Auden

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Topic
Nature of evil Evil

Author

W.H. Auden
Source
Herman Melville
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Auden, W. H. "Herman Melville." Another Time. Faber and Faber/Random House, 1940.

Another quote from the 1970s

In the factory, we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope.

Charles H. Revson

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Topic
Advertising and marketing
Speaker
Charles H. Revson
Language
English
Time
1976 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Revson, Charles. Quoted in Fire and Ice: The Story of Charles Revson, the Man Who Built the Revlon Empire, written by Andrew P. Tobias. ‎William Morrow & Co., 1976, ch. 8.

Another quote about Freedom

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime, and the punishment of his guilt.

John Philpot Curran

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Topic
Price of freedom Freedom
Speaker
John Philpot Curran
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1816 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Curran, John Philpot. Speech on the right of election of the Lord Mayor of Dublin. 10 July 1790, Dublin, Ireland.