Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

O. Henry

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Topic

Nature of life

Author

O. Henry

Source

The Gift of the Magi

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

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Writer

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United States

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Citation

O. Henry. "Gifts of the Magi." The Four Million: A Collection of Short Stories. McClure, Phillips & Co., 1906. Originally published in The New York Sunday World, 10 Dec. 1905.

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I firmly disbelieve, myself, that our human experience is the highest form of experience extant in the universe. I believe rather that we stand in much the same relation to the whole of the universe as our canine and feline pets do to the whole of human life. They inhabit our drawing-rooms and libraries. They take part in scenes of whose significance they have no inkling. They are merely tangent to curves of history the beginnings and ends and forms of which pass wholly beyond their ken. So we are tangent to the wider life of things.

William James

Pragmatism

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Topic
Man and the universe

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William James
Source
Pragmatism
Genre
Philosophical speech
Language
English
Time
1906 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

James, William. "Pragmatism and Religion." Dec. 1906, Lowell Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Lecture.

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James, William. "Pragmatism and Religion." Pragmatism. Dover Publications, 2018.

Another quote about Nature of life

When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation),—sleep, eating, and swilling—buttoning and unbuttoning—how much remains of downright existence? The summer of a dormouse.

Lord Byron

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Topic
Nature of life

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Lord Byron
Medium
Personal journal
Language
English
Time
1813 1810s 19th century
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Citation

Lord Byron. Journal entry. 7 Dec. 1813.