Words…are loaded pistols.

Jean-Paul Sartre

What is Literature?

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Topic

Power of words

Speaker

Brice Parain

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Source

What is Literature?

Medium

Essay

Language

French

Time

1948 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Qu'est-ce que la littérature? [What is Literature?]. Situations, II. Gallimard, 1948, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. What is Literature? Routledge, 2001, ch. 1.

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I swear to the Lord
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Topic
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Langston Hughes
Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Citation

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Another quote originally in French

To be misunderstood even by those whom one loves is the cross and bitterness of life. It is the secret of that sad and melancholy smile on the lips of great men which so few understand; it is the cruelest trial reserved for self-devotion; it is what must have oftenest wrung the heart of the Son of man; and if God could suffer, it would be the wound we should be forever inflicting upon Him. He also-He above all-is the great misunderstood, the least comprehended.

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Topic
Alienation

Author

Henri-Frederic Amiel
Source
Journals of Henri Frederic Amiel
Medium
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Language
French
Time
1849 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Amiel, Henri-Frederic. Journal entry. 27 May 1849.