Love's a disease. But curable.

Rose Macaulay

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Topic

Love

Speaker

Denham Dobie

Author

Rose Macaulay

Source

Crewe Train

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1926 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Macaulay, Rose. Crewe Train. W. Collins Sons & Co./Boni and Liveright, 1926, ch. 13.

Current Citation

Macaulay, Rose. Crewe Train. Virago, 2018, ch. 13.

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Scepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer.

George Santayana

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Topic
Doubt and skepticism

Author

George Santayana
Source
Scepticism and Animal Faith
Language
English
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Santayana, George. Scepticism and Animal Faith. Charles Scribner's Sons/Constable And Company, 1923, ch. 9.

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These eyes of mine would look on only thee
In that last hour when light shall fail.
Embrace me, dear, in death! Let thy hand be
In my cold fingers pale!

Tibullus

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Topic
Lifelong love Love

Author

Tibullus
Source
Elegies (Tibullus)
Medium
Poem
Language
Latin
Time
26 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Tibullus. The Elegies of Tibullus. c. 30 BC, bk. 1, no. 1.

Current Citation

Tibullus. Elegies: With Paralell Latin Texts, translated by A. M. Juster. Oxford University Press, 2012, bk. 1, no. 1.

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North Korean Leader Kim Jung Un just stated that the "Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times." Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!

Donald Trump

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Topic
Nuclear weapons

Author

Donald Trump
Medium
Tweet
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
2018 2010s 21st century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

@realDonaldTrump. "North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the “Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.” Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!" Twitter, 2 Jan. 2018, 7:49 p.m., https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/948355557022420992.