The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews.
Not to be born is the best for man.

W.H. Auden

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Topic

Desire The human condition

Author

W.H. Auden

Source

Death's Echo

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Auden, W. H. Death's Echo. 1937.

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Another quote by W.H. Auden

Evil is unspectacular and always human,
And shares our bed and eats at our table.

W.H. Auden

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Topic
Nature of evil Evil

Author

W.H. Auden
Source
Herman Melville
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Auden, W. H. "Herman Melville." Another Time. Faber and Faber/Random House, 1940.

Another quote from the 1930s

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Fear
Speaker
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Source
First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential inaugural address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1933, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Roosevelt, Franklin D. "First Inaugral Address: Washington, DC, March 4, 1933." Great Speeches, edited by John Grafton. Dover, 1999.

Another quote about The human condition

Knowing that certain nights whose sweetness lingers will keep returning to the earth and sea after we are gone, yes, this helps us die.

Albert Camus

The Sea Close By

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Topic
Acceptance of death Death The human condition

Author

Albert Camus
Source
The Sea Close By
Medium
Essay
Language
French
Time
1953 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Camus, Albert. "The Sea Close By." Lyrical and Critical Essays. Vintage Books, 1970. Originally published in L'Eté [Summer]. Gallimard, 1954.