A house is a machine for living in.

Une maison est une machine à habiter.

Le Corbusier

Toward an Architecture

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Houses Home Architecture

Author

Le Corbusier

Source

Toward an Architecture

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

French

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Architect

From

Switzerland Europe

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Original Citation

Corbusier, Le. Vers une Architecture. Editions G. Crès et Cie., 1923.

Current Citation

Corbusier, Le. Toward an Architecture. Getty Research Institute, 2007.

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The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holder's lack of rational conviction. Opinions in politics and religion are almost always held passionately.

Bertrand Russell

On the Value of Scepticism

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Unfounded beliefs Beliefs

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Bertrand Russell
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On the Value of Scepticism Sceptical Essays
Medium
Essay
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1928 1920s 20th century
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Russell, Bertrand. "On the Value of Skepticism." Sceptical Essays. George Allen and Unwin Ltd./W. W. Norton & Company, 1928.

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E.T. Phone home.

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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Genre
Science fiction (film) Science fiction
Language
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Time
1982 1980s 20th century
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Another quote originally in French

We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

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Marcel Proust
Source
The Fugitive In Search of Lost Time
Medium
Novel
Genre
Modernist literature
Statement Type
Paradox
Language
French
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
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Proust, Marcel. Albertine disparue [Albertine Gone]. Paris: Gallimard, 1927.

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Proust, Marcel. The Fugitive, edited and translated by Peter Collier. Penguin Classics, 2021.

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You should hammer your iron when it is glowing hot.

Publilius Syrus

Sententiae

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Publilius Syrus
Source
Sententiae
Medium
Epigram
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile Advice
Language
Latin
Time
43 BC 40s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

Publilius Syrus. Sententiae. c. 1st century BC.