Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.

Raymond Chandler

The Simple Art of Murder

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Courage

Author

Raymond Chandler

Source

The Simple Art of Murder

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Chandler, Raymond. "The Simple Art of Murder." Atlantic Monthly, Dec. 1944.

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Democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

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Winston Churchill
Medium
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Language
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Time
1947 1940s 20th century
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Churchill, Winston. Address in the House of Commons. House of Commons meeting. 11 Nov. 1947, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

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Fortune favors the brave.

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Medium
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Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Virgil. Aenē̆is [Aeneid]. 19 BC, bk. 10.

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Virgil. The Aeneid, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2010, bk. 10.

Another quote from 1944

History is written by the winners.

George Orwell

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As I Please Tribune
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." Tribune, 4 Feb. 1944.

Current Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell, vol. 3: As I Please 1943-1945, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 2004, no 18.