The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

Henry Miller

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Topic

Purpose of life

Author

Henry Miller

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Miller, Henry. "Creative Death." The Wisdom of the Heart. New Directions Books, 1941.

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Talk or dance, but, don't do both things at the same time.

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Consider your origin;
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Dante Alighieri
Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
Italian
Time
1321 1320s 14th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

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Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote from 1941

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Anaïs Nin

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Courage Living life to the fullest Life

Author

Anaïs Nin
Source
Journals of Anaïs Nin
Medium
Personal journal
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Nin, Anaïs. "June, 1941." The Diary of Anaïs Nin, vol. 3, 1939-1944, edited by Gunther Stuhlmann. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1969.