There's nothing so dangerous as sitting still. You've only got one life, one youth, and you can let it slip through your fingers if you want to; nothing easier. Most people do that.

Willa Cather

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Topic

Carpe diem Procrastination Wasting time Youth

Speaker

Nils

Author

Willa Cather

Source

The Bohemian Girl

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1912 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Cather, Willa. "The Bohemian Girl." McClure's Magazine, Aug. 1912.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. "The Bohemian Girl." The Bohemian Girl: Stories. Harper Perennial, 2009.

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The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

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O Pioneers!

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Topic
Nature of history History Nations

Author

Willa Cather
Source
O Pioneers!
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1913 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, pt. 1, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Cather, Willa. O Pioneers, edited by Sharon O'Brien. W. W. Norton & Company, 2007, pt. 1, ch. 5.

Another quote from the 1910s

If you want work well done, select a busy man.

Elbert Hubbard

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Busyness

Author

Elbert Hubbard
Language
English
Time
1916 1910s 20th century
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Citation

Hubbard, Elbert. The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard. Roycrofters, 1916.

Another quote about Youth

My salad days,
When I was green in judgment.

William Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra

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Topic
Prime of life Youth
Speaker
Cleopatra

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Antony and Cleopatra
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Language
English
Time
1607 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Antony and Cleopatra. King's Men, c. 1607, London, England, UK, act 1, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Antony and Cleopatra." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 5.