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

Authentication Score 3

Citation

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

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Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue.

Henry James

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Topic
Experience

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Henry James
Source
The Art of Fiction Longman's Magazine
Medium
Essay Magazine
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Time
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James, Henry. "The Art of Fiction." Longman's Magazine. London: C. J. Longman, 4 Sept. 1884.

Current Citation

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Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Marble Faun

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Topic
Passage of time Effects of time Time

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Source
The Marble Faun
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. Vol. 2, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860, ch. 24.

Current Citation

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Another quote originally in French

One of the best things about love is just recognizing a man's step when he climbs the stairs.

Colette

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Topic
Lifelong love Love

Author

Colette
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Colette. Looking Backwards. Peter Owen, 1975.