What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Wat zou het leven zijn als we niet wat durfden aanpakken.

Vincent Van Gogh

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Courage Taking risks Life

Author

Vincent Van Gogh

Source

Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Question

Language

Dutch

Time

1881 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

Netherlands Europe

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Original Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Letter to Theo van Gogh. 29 Dec. 1881.

Current Citation

Van Gogh, Vincent. Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh, edited by Irving Stone and Jean Stone. Plume, 1995.

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Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

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Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
Beyond Good and Evil
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
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Time
1886 1880s 19th century
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft [Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future]. Leipzig: C. G. Naumann, 1886, ch. 7, no. 227.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 7, no. 227.

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You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.

Annie Proulx

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Life

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Annie Proulx
Source
The Shipping News
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1993 1990s 20th century
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Proulx, Annie. The Shipping News. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993, ch. 10.

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How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?...
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

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Blowin' in the Wind

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Bob Dylan
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Blowin' in the Wind The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
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Song
Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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Dylan, Bob. "Blowin' in the Wind." The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Columbia Records, 1963.