One lives but once in this world.

Man lebt nur Einmal in der Welt.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Clavigo

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Topic

Preciousness of life Nature of life

Speaker

Carlos

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Source

Clavigo

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

German

Time

1774 1770s 18th century

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Writer

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Germany Europe

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Citation

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Clavigo. Leipzig: In der Weygand'schen Buchhandlung, 1774, act 1, sc. 1.

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Another quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Who strives always to the utmost,
For him there is salvation.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust

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Topic
Going for it Doing one's best

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Source
Faust
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play) Tragedy
Language
German
Time
1808 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust. The Tragedy's Second Part]. 1832, act 5.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust: Part Two, translated by David Luke. Oxford University Press, 2008, act 5.

Another quote from the 1770s

The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.

Alexander Hamilton

New-York Gazetteer

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Topic
Natural law

Author

Alexander Hamilton
Source
The Farmer Refuted New-York Gazetteer
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1775 1770s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "The Farmer Refuted." New-York Gazetteer. New York: James Rivington, 23 Feb. 1775.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "The Farmer Refuted &c., [23 February] 1775." Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0057.

Another quote about Nature of life

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.

Jacques Barzun

The House of Intellect

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Topic
Feeling alive Nature of life Life

Author

Jacques Barzun
Source
The House of Intellect
Language
English
Time
1959 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Barzun, Jacques. The House of Intellect. Harper & Brothers, 1959, ch. 6.

Another quote originally in German

What was once thought can never be unthought.

Friedrich Durrenmatt

The Physicists

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Topic
Intellectual progress
Speaker
Mobius

Author

Friedrich Durrenmatt
Source
The Physicists
Medium
Play
Language
German
Time
1962 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Durrenmatt, Friedrich. Die Physiker [The Physicists]. 1962, Zurich, Switzerland, act 2.

Current Citation

Durrenmatt, Friedrich. The Physicists, translated by Joel Agee. Grove Press, 2010, act 2.