Marriage is like life in this-that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic

Downsides of marriage Relationship challenges Marriage

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson

Source

Virginibus Puerisque

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1876 1870s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. "Virginibus Puerisque." The Cornhill Magazine, vol. 34, 1876, p. 176.

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Another quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

We are all travellers in what John Bunyan calls the wilderness of this world....and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Topic
Friends Existential solitude Travel

Author

Robert Louis Stevenson
Source
Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes
Genre
Autobiography and memoir Travel writing
Language
English
Time
1879 1870s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879.

Current Citation

Stevenson, Robert Louis. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes. Dover Publications, 2019.

Another quote about Marriage

The legal theory is, that marriage makes the husband and wife one person, and that person is the husband.

Lucretia Mott

Discourse on Woman

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Topic
Marriage and law Marriage
Speaker
Lucretia Mott
Source
Discourse on Woman
Medium
Lecture
Language
English
Time
1849 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Mott, Lucretia. "Discourse on Woman." 17 Dec. 1849, Philadelphia's Assembly Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

Mott, Lucretia. "Lucretia Mott: Why Should Not Woman Seek to Be a Reformer?" Great Speeches by American Women, edited by James Daley. Dover Publications, 2007.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

Anne Lamott

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Topic
Being a good example

Author

Anne Lamott
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1994 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions On Writing and Life. Pantheon Books. 1994.