Oh, what a day-to-day business life is.

Ah! que la vie est quotidienne.

Jules Laforgue

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Topic

Nature of life Spending time Passage of time Life

Author

Jules Laforgue

Source

Les Complaintes

Medium

Poem

Language

French

Time

1885 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Uruguay South America

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Citation

Laforgue, Jules. "Complainte sur certains ennuis." Les Complaintes. Paris: Léon Vanier, 1885.

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Another quote from the 1880s

A man is never so on trial as in the moment of excessive good fortune.

Lew Wallace

Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ

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Topic
Tests of character

Author

Lew Wallace
Source
Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1880 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Wallace, Lew. Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Harper & Brothers, 1880, bk. 5, ch. 7.

Another quote about Life

All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away.

1st Peter 1:24

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Topic
Sic transit gloria mundi Ephemeral nature of life Grass Life
Source
1st Peter The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
65 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 1:24).

Another quote originally in French

I find that the best goodness I have has some tincture of vice.

Michel de Montaigne

Essays

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Topic
Duality of man Yin and yang

Author

Michel de Montaigne
Source
That We Taste Nothing Pure Essays
Medium
Essay
Language
French
Time
1580 1580s 16th century
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Original Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "Nous ne Goustons Rien de Pur [That We Taste Nothing Pure]." Essais [Essays]. Paris: Simon Millanges and Jean Richer, 1580.

Current Citation

De Montaigne, Michel. "We Can Savour Nothing Pure." The Complete Essays, edited and translated by M. A. Screech. Penguin Classics, 1993.