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

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

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You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are six, or seven, or eight
To hate all the people your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught.

Rodgers and Hammerstein

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Hate Prejudice and bias

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Rodgers and Hammerstein
Source
You've Got to Be Carefully Taught South Pacific
Medium
Song Musical
Genre
Great American songbook
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Hammerstein, Oscar, II. "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught." South Pacific. Composted by Richard Rodgers. 1949, Majestic Theatre, New York City, New York, USA.

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Only two things does he anxiously wish for-bread and circuses.

Juvenal

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The masses Entertainment Purpose of life Decline of civilization

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Juvenal
Source
Satires
Medium
Poem
Language
Latin
Time
127 120s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 10.

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Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 10.

Another quote from 1941

A culture is in its finest flower before it begins to analyze itself.

Alfred North Whitehead

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Culture

Author

Alfred North Whitehead
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Whitehead, Alfred North. Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead, edited by Lucien Price. David. R. Godine, 2008, ch. 22. Originally from dialogue with Lucien Price, 30 Aug. 1941.