Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.

Max Beerbohm

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Topic

Hospitality

Author

Max Beerbohm

Source

Hosts and Guests And Even Now

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Beerbohm, Max. "Hosts and Guests." And Even Now. 1920.

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To die will be an awfully big adventure.

James M. Barrie

Peter Pan

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Topic
Death

Author

James M. Barrie
Source
Peter Pan
Medium
Play
Language
English
Time
1928 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Barrie, James M. "Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up." Performed by Gerald du Maurier and Nina Boucicault and Joan Burnett and Christine Silver and A.W. Baskcomb and Alice DuBarry. 1904, Duke of York's Theatre, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 3.

Current Citation

Barrie, James M. Peter Pan. Reader's Library Classics, 2022, ch. 8.

Another quote from 1920

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and shame the devil.

Walter Lippmann

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Topic
Journalism

Author

Walter Lippmann
Genre
Political literature
Statement Type
Precepts and axioms
Language
English
Time
1920 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lippmann, Walter. "Journalism and the Higher Law." Liberty and the News. Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920.