We cannot tear out a single page of life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire.

Nous ne pouvons arracher une seule page de notre vie, mais nous pouvons jeter le livre au feu

George Sand

Mauprut

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Topic

Suicide

Author

George Sand

Source

Mauprut

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

French

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

Sand, George. "Mauprat." Revue des deu Monds, Apr.-June 1837. Serial.

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Another quote from the 1830s

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

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Topic
The afterlife

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Source
The Scarlet Letter
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1836 1830s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Notebook entry. 25 Oct. 1836.

Another quote originally in French

Theory of the true civilization.
It is not to be found in gas or steam or table turning, It consists in the diminution of the traces of original sin.

Charles Baudelaire

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Topic
Civilization

Author

Charles Baudelaire
Language
French
Time
1867 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. Mon Coeur mis a nu [My Naked Heart]. Paris, 1887, no. 58.

Current Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "My Heart Laid Bare." Late Fragments: Flares, My Heart Laid Bare, Prose Poems, Belgium Disrobed, translated by Richard Sieburth. Yale University Press, 2022, no. 58.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

The nation is sick, trouble is in the land, confusion all around... But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I've Been to the Mountaintop

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Topic
Things get better
Speaker
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Source
I've Been to the Mountaintop
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1968 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” 3 Apr. 1968, Mason Temple, Memphis, TN, USA.